2024 – Page 2 – Americana UK

Mince Pie Mondays – just two sleeps, just two sleeps…

December 23, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

And, dear festive hat wearing reader, this is truly the last batch of the Yule songs for this… umm… Yule. As solstice becomes just a hazy memory, and the stockings are being dusted off for their […]

Something for the weekend: Paul Kelly “How to Make Gravy”

December 20, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it for another weekend dear reader. As those of you who have ever had much to do with Australia may know (and hey we have some Aussie readers, morning comrades), 21st December is Gravy […]

Jingle Bells Friday – what happened to all the wrapping paper?

December 20, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Into the last weekend before the big day with the big feast and the gleeful exchange of Americana themed albums – what’ll it be this year? And tomorrow is solstice, which is nice, although perhaps a […]

Exclusive AUK Christmas Mini-Gig: Chris Cleverley

December 20, 2024 Dean Nardi 0

“Christmas is a curious time; this odd blend of joy and wistfulness. Here we are each December, swimming through a pool of contradictions; gratitude, regret, warmth, loneliness, love, grief. We’re surrounded by a twinkling, celebratory charm, […]

Live Review: Blue Rose Code, Southside, Lincoln – 13th December 2024

December 20, 2024 Graeme Tait 0

The site of tonight’s venue has a mixed and chequered history with this Grade II listed building originally starting life in 1887 as the Methodist Church known as St Katherine’s Church, dubbed Lincoln’s second cathedral. This […]

Convinced Friend “On Fire” – get the extinguishers

July 17, 2026 0

You may be wondering what a Convinced Friend is – and it’s a good question that Austin Wilson made some sense of on the debut self-titled album by the band he fronts: here were a set […]

Video: Stephen Wilson Jr. “Gary”

July 17, 2026 0

Compelling with just his guitar and low, understated storytelling voice, Stephen Wilson Jr. delivered a fine solo version of his single Gary at CMA Fest recently. The recording featured on the ABC primetime special ‘CMA Fest […]

Interview: What Taylor Bickett is shooting for

July 16, 2026 0

Nothing I Can’t Undo is such a deeply earnest, empathetic and personal album that captures exactly what a solo debut is supposed to be by introducing us, in full, to Taylor Bickett, a 20-something singer/songwriter from […]

Year: 2024