April 2025 – Americana UK

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Nikki O’Neill

April 30, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

This next video in the mini-gig series recorded exclusively for AUK comes from Nikki O’Neill, a singer/songwriter and guitarist based in Chicago, the city she has called home since 2020. Born in Los Angeles, she grew […]

Taylor Rae “The Void”

April 30, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Solid second from Austin-based Californian singer-songwriter. It’s been four years since Taylor Rae put out her debut album “Mad Twenties” which got her a lot of attention and some commercial success. Since then, she has been […]

More People Really Should Know About: Jonathan Peyton

April 30, 2025 Darren Lumbroso 2

Jonathan Peyton hails from Woodstock, Georgia. At the age of 16, he borrowed an Epiphone Les Paul guitar and tried to learn ‘Stairway to Heaven’, playing his first show aged 20. The church played a big […]

Richard Thompson: The Eric Morecambe Centre, Harpenden – 25th April 2025

April 30, 2025 Jonathan Aird 1

There are gigs, and then there are memorable gigs. And then there are surprise gigs – and this was one such, being found after a casual search to see what was on at Harpenden Public Halls, […]

Bluegrass Briefs: Taff Rapids, The Seldom Scene, Merle Travis, The SteelDrivers, Chicken Wire Empire, EZRA

April 30, 2025 Tim Martin 0

Bluegrass is a truly multinational genre these days, as Taff Rapids demonstrate. Bands like The Seldom Scene and Chicken Wire Empire are pushing the boundaries while still respecting the traditions of Bluegrass past. That past is […]