2024 – Page 269 – Americana UK

For The Sake Of The Song: Charlie Parr “817 Oakland Avenue”

April 29, 2024 Michael Macy 0

When I started to think about writing something for this section of AUK, I was overwhelmed. So many songs are important to me. There are those that are talismans, almost magic incantations that I rely on […]

AUK’s Back Pages No. 3

April 29, 2024 Paul Kerr 1

Summer time’s here, kiddies and it’s time to take a trip. So let’s trip into the summer of 2005 with a look at the May – August discs (Vol. 2, numbers 5 to 8) delivered to […]

Holly Lerski “Sweet Decline”

April 29, 2024 Lyndon Bolton 0

A profoundly personal journey of emotion, pain and hope. Individually the pain of breaking up and travelling are frequent sources of inspiration for songwriters but together they are perhaps less prevalent. But that is exactly what […]

The Gravel-Aires “If the Devil Don’t Want Her” – With a Stonesy swagger, Vancouver roots rockers The Gravel-Aires deliver their new single

April 29, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0

With a Stonesy swagger, Vancouver roots rockers The Gravel-Aires deliver their new single, ‘If the Devil Don’t Want Her’. Songwriters Mark Branscombe and Michael Mahoney have released their third album, ‘Westerly’, a follow-up to 2021’s ‘Headlights […]

Folk Roundup – Richard Trethewey, Phoebe Rees, Louise Bichan, One Night String Band, Twm Morys and Gwyneth Glyn, Charlie Grey and Joseph Peach

April 29, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Another set of folk music albums for our short review format Folk Roundup column – and this time we can finally say that the Welsh Folk album has arrived. Strangely this is probably a first for […]

Interview: Jeff Finlin – the hero who journeys among us

July 1, 2026 0

In 2023, an AUK writer displayed exquisite taste by naming Jeff Finlin as one of the top ten greatest americana artists of all time. Congrats to Jeff, as well as, after all, he did record the […]

All-star tribute to the Delmore Brothers to be released in October

July 1, 2026 0

The music of Alton and Rabon Delmore continues to influence generations of singers and songwriters across multiple genres. From their first appearance as the Delmore Brothers at the 1926 Athens Fiddlers Convention, their intricate harmonies took […]

Lynn Blakey “Dreams are Lovers: A Retrospective”

July 1, 2026 0

Unfashionable but influential collaborative indie singer-songwriter enjoys a career-spanning retrospective following her untimely death earlier this year. Lynn Blakey was not a name that gained a great deal of traction commercially but she was an influential […]

Year: 2024

For The Sake Of The Song: Charlie Parr “817 Oakland Avenue”

AUK’s Back Pages No. 3

Holly Lerski “Sweet Decline”

The Gravel-Aires “If the Devil Don’t Want Her” – With a Stonesy swagger, Vancouver roots rockers The Gravel-Aires deliver their new single

Folk Roundup – Richard Trethewey, Phoebe Rees, Louise Bichan, One Night String Band, Twm Morys and Gwyneth Glyn, Charlie Grey and Joseph Peach

Interview: Jeff Finlin – the hero who journeys among us

All-star tribute to the Delmore Brothers to be released in October

Lynn Blakey “Dreams are Lovers: A Retrospective”

Live Review: Maisy Owen with BJ Cole + Joe Harvey-Whyte, Theatreship, London – 23rd June 2026

Jim James takes off his Morning Jacket and gets all “Wowed Out” on his latest solo album