2024 – Page 8 – Americana UK

After April sell-outs, Father John Misty returns to the UK and Ireland for new 2025 summer dates

December 17, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Earlier in December 2024, AUK’s Guy Lincoln reviewed Father John Misty’s latest album “Mahashmashana”, awarding it a high 9/10. He wrote: “After all this then, what are we left with? Fundamentally “Mahashmashana” is a magnificent, overblown, […]

Video: Dean Owens “Spirit of Us”

December 17, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

An early highlight of 2024, back in January, was Dean Owens’ “After the Rain”. As we head towards the end of the year, we’ve got another great song from the acclaimed Scottish singer-songwriter. “Spirit of Us” […]

Exclusive AUK Christmas Mini-Gig: Helene Cronin

December 16, 2024 Dean Nardi 0

From the first time I pushed play and set Helene Cronin’s “Old Ghosts and Lost Causes” CD spinning, the album continued to spin in my head long after it had stopped in the player, its striking […]

Mark Whitfield, AUK Editor’s Top 20 songs of 2024: Part One, 20-11

December 16, 2024 Mark Whitfield 6

As I often remark these days, or these years, where once my musical life was all about albums, I along with apparently everyone under the age of 65 now have the attention span of a goldfish […]

For the Sake of the Song: Adam Hood “Play Something We Know”

December 16, 2024 Andy Davidson 0

Open Season at the Bar. “Play somethin’ we could sing to/ Play something we know.” This Christmas spare a thought for all those playing live music. Yuletide’s over-indulgence often leads to people’s inhibitions getting parked and […]

Mary Gauthier “Reckoning”

September 22, 2026 2

One of our finest songwriters delivers an album for our times with consummate clarity and lyrical daring. Mary Gauthier was something of a late starter, delivering her first album when she was in her late thirties […]

Sylvie finally make a full length debut which arrives in November

September 22, 2026 1

Sylvie, the project of Los Angeles artist Ben Schwab, has announced their forthcoming album, New Season, available November 6th, 2026, via Ghostly International. Rina (feat. Alex Amen) is the single out now. Reflecting on a passing […]

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More People Really Should Know About: Carey Ott

September 22, 2026 0

Carey Ott is nothing if not prolific. He hails from Chicago, and he’s a multi-instrumentalist, a producer and engineer and a performer. He’s released seven albums to date as well as numerous singles. In my music […]

Year: 2024