December 2025 – Page 14

Video: Amy Speace “Weight of the World”

December 12, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

Amy Speace has it all. She is an outstanding vocalist, balancing raw emotion, storytelling tones and great control. She is an accomplished songwriter who displays fine musicianship and finds glorious melodies, arranged with care and sensitivity. […]

Jackson Browne at the Legacy Casino Resort 16 February 2013

The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Peter Churchill

December 11, 2025 Peter Churchill 1

If one thing has become apparent from the lists that have appeared on these pages and the, not unsurprisingly, incredibly wide range of songs that have featured to date, it must be that it seems highly […]

Interview: Ian Gomm on Brinsley Schwarz, Nashville, Jeb Loy Nichols and football records

December 11, 2025 Martin Johnson 0

The Brinsley’s “Silver Pistol” was the album that perfected their Band obsession and, at the same time, showed that there was a lot more to them than being simple wannabes. Coincidentally, it was the first time […]

It’s the 2025 AUK Readers Poll! Vote for your favourite americana from the last year

December 11, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

It’s your last chance to vote in our annual readers poll in which we ask you to reflect on the last 12 months (well, 11) and choose your favourite americana, the stuff that’s resonated with you […]

Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter: Album Cover

Jesse Sykes And The Sweet Hereafter “Forever, I’ve Been Being Born”

December 11, 2025 Andy Davidson 0

Ten emotive tracks of timeless quality. The Sweet Hereafter have been around for close on a quarter century. On this new album from the band, the tracks within centre around Jesse Sykes’ transcendent voice, tracks filled […]

Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music

September 21, 2026 2

If a music writer opens ten press releases this month, they’ll spot something odd. They all sound like the same person wrote them. Not because the artists share a publicist, or because there’s a house style […]

Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”

September 21, 2026 0

A cycle of Appalachian folk songs from writer and activist Si Kahn, subtitled Songs for Strong Kentucky Women The subtitle for this album is “Si Kahn’s Songs for Strong Kentucky Women”. Si Kahn is one of […]

Ad for American Beauty album 5th December 1970

For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”