2025 – Page 144 – Americana UK

Joseph Decosimo “Glory in the Meetinghouse” – fierce, unsettled edginess

August 22, 2025 Ed Donnelly 0

Joseph Decosimo creates a meditative Appalachian mood with his new single ‘Glory in the Meetinghouse’. This fiddle tune is noted as one of the songs that roots music archivist Alan Lomax recorded Luther Strong playing. The […]

Video Premiere: Joe Nolan “Half a Tear, Half a Grin”

August 22, 2025 Andrew Frolish 1

Here’s the premiere of the latest video from acclaimed singer-songwriter Joe Nolan, who won a Canadian Folk Music Award last year for his 2023 release “Lost Verses”. ‘Half a Tear, Half a Grin’ is a heartfelt […]

Live Review: Folk In The Park, Manor Park, Sutton – 16th August 2025

August 21, 2025 Oliver Gray 1

Sedentary performers were prominent at Folk In The Park. Richard Thompson had fallen down some stairs, while Tom Robinson was suffering from a more prosaic hernia. Poor Eddi Reader, meanwhile, had fallen ill but… The Show […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Charming Disaster

August 21, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

If it was possible to weigh the amount of emails that flood our inbox, you would be safe in assuming we get a ton of requests from artists and their agents – established acts and new […]

artwork for Jon LaDeau album "Chateau LaDeau"

Jon LaDeau “Chateau LaDeau”

August 21, 2025 Chas Lacey 0

Impressive production and proficient playing from developing New York musician. Best known as a former member of The National Reserve, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Jon LaDeau has released several collections of his own music, as well as […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Ashley McBryde - Wild (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 2 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Liz stringer ‘ first time really feeling’Melbourne song...
By fredhead , 3 days ago
RE: Versions!
@paul-villers Those versions keep coming
By Martin Johnson , 4 days ago
RE: What are you watching at the moment?
Just binged "Legends" - a British drama on Netflix abou...
By Paul Villers , 4 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Radio Paradise's Mellow Mix whilst on a bit of a drive
By Peter Thompson , 5 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Amy Grant The 6th of January (Yasgur’s Farm): time for ...
By Jonathan Hincks , 6 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
The Lone Bellow - The Lone Bellow (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 7 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
XTC - A Coat of Many Cupboards (excerpts...it's a 4 CD ...
By Peter Thompson , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
@andyshort Yes, it makes a refreshing change from artis...
By Peter Thompson , 1 week ago

Live Review: Albert Lee, Union Chapel, London – 7th May 2026

May 14, 2026 1

It turned out that Albert Lee’s show on 7th May was the first time he had been inside Union Chapel, and it’s certainly a larger venue than those he has been playing in London recently. By […]

Angelo De Augustine “Angel In Plainclothes”

May 14, 2026 0

Life-affirming collection from Sufjan Stevens cohort. It’s incredibly distressing, but there have been some heartbreaking news stories recently of musicians experiencing life-changing ailments and the ensuing pain and anguish they experience trying to recover. This is […]

Fruit Bats “That Goddamn Sun” – when will it be my time

May 14, 2026 0

It was all going so well, wasn’t it? We had a theme – a great theme – running through this week’s Tracks and now we’ve gone and thrown it all away. Alas. Alack. Oh well, let’s […]

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