Andrew Raw

Artwork for the front cover of Jamie Lenman's album iknowyouknowiknow

Jamie Lenman “Iknowyouknowiknow”

May 19, 2023 Andrew Raw 0

Guitar-based indie from a singer-songwriter with lyrics that are a cut above. English singer-songwriter Jamie Lenman started his career in alt-rock band Reuben in 2001 but has been working as a solo artist since the break-up […]

Cover art for the Daddy Long Legs album "Street Sermons"

Daddy Long Legs “Street Sermons”

April 27, 2023 Andrew Raw 0

Riotous harmonica-driven rhythm and blues. This is the fourth studio album from Daddy Long Legs who describe themselves as “New York City’s most diabolical Rhythm and Blues street gang” and say that the album “represents a […]

Album cover artwork for The Levellers album "Together All The Way"

The Levellers “Together All The Way”

April 11, 2023 Andrew Raw 0

Great new acoustic versions of old originals with two new tracks. The Levellers have been together now for 35 years and to celebrate this great landmark they have recorded the album ‘Together All The Way’ which […]

Cover artwork for Will Varley album Through The Lowlands

Will Varley “Through The Lowlands”

March 29, 2023 Andrew Raw 0

Thoughtful, poetic lyrics with a quality laid-back groove. Will Varley started out busking on the underground and playing open mic slots in South London venues. He has six albums and a live EP to his name […]

Album cover artwork for 'Grievous Angel' by Gram Parsons

Classic Americana Albums: Gram Parsons “Grievous Angel”

March 8, 2023 Andrew Raw 1

Gram Parsons was from a privileged background but his life was full of tragedy; it was once being said that his life was like something out of a Tennesse Williams play. This tragedy would not only […]

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Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

March 23, 2026 0

Dead Goat has announced the release of their first album, which is self-titled and comes out this Friday (26th March) via AV8 Records. Who are they, you ask? Well, individually, they are each accomplished artists in […]

Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

March 23, 2026 0

Superb fourth from Canadian song thrush. Mud Blood Bone is Cat Clyde’s fourth album and arrives just over four years since its predecessor, Down Rounder. In between times, Clyde released a live album, Live At Rare […]

For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

March 23, 2026 0

Marah is at their best when singing about lonely urban streets where bums warm their hands around trash fires in rusty 50-gallon cans, transvestite prostitutes wrap their feather boas a little tighter against an unforgiving 4:00 […]

Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0

Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2

While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

Interviews

Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

March 4, 2026 2

At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

Album Reviews

I Draw Slow “Turn Your Face To The Sun” (Compass Records, 2017)

August 16, 2017 0

As American bluegrass/roots music is essentially born of Celtic roots music, the emerging success of I Draw Slow in the USA is no surprise, although I Draw Slow is quite a strange band name – whether […]

Album Reviews

Zach Phillips “The Wine of Youth” (Independent, 2020)

June 30, 2020 0

Noticing that his friends wanted something to listen to during quarantine, San Diego based singer-songwriter Zach Phillips decided to release ‘The Wine of Youth’ earlier than he first anticipated, but with his music described as ‘a […]

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AUK Podcast No.7 featuring Jerry Joseph now live

November 14, 2025 5

This week’s podcast is dominated by a lengthy and wide-ranging conversation with the force of nature that is Jerry Joseph, following on from the brilliant interview with Andrew Frolish earlier this week. Speaking from his home […]

Articles by Andrew Raw

Jamie Lenman “Iknowyouknowiknow”

Daddy Long Legs “Street Sermons”

The Levellers “Together All The Way”

Will Varley “Through The Lowlands”

Classic Americana Albums: Gram Parsons “Grievous Angel”

Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

Elgin and the Marbles “The Sun Never Sets”

Jack Studer “Falling Forward”