Andy Short

David Berkeley “A Pail Full of Fire”

August 30, 2024 Andy Short 0

Appreciate the beauty of the poetry. Berkeley is the American half of ‘Sons of Town Hall’, where he is joined by Ben Parker, producing some truly memorable music that is worth checking out. “A Pail Full […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It – Josh Ritter

August 7, 2024 Andy Short 0

Welcome to our new feature in which AUK writers look at the best and the worst from an artist we know and love. Stuck with the man in the mirror. For this new feature, I installed […]

Artwork for Chris Robeson album "Euphoriphobia"

Chris Robeson “Euphoriphobia”

August 7, 2024 Andy Short 0

Battling with the fear of getting too excited. Chris Robeson is from Texas. A songwriter based in Austin, Robeson has written over 1,000 songs and has a stash of unreleased albums. “Euphoriphobia” may not be in […]

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For the Sake of the Song: John Hiatt “Have a Little Faith in Me”

August 5, 2024 Andy Short 2

For years, John Hiatt was in a category of his own. His own record company didn’t know where to place him. He is undoubtedly under Americana’s broad banner, but would you say he was country, blues […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Elvis Costello Americana Songs

July 4, 2024 Andy Short 2

Many of you will be used to seeing Elvis Costello watching the detectives, refusing to go to Chelsea or joining Oliver’s Army but in 1981 Costello released the album ‘Almost Blue’, an album of country music, […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 0

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers

August 5, 2026 0

Includes tracks from My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams and MJ Lenderman among others. Cinema Music Group, Killphonic Records, and City Slang have announced Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2 – Out of […]

Articles by Andy Short

David Berkeley “A Pail Full of Fire”

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It – Josh Ritter

Chris Robeson “Euphoriphobia”

For the Sake of the Song: John Hiatt “Have a Little Faith in Me”

Essentials: The Top 10 Elvis Costello Americana Songs

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers

Greg Freeman announces new album and UK dates

All-star line-up for Bob Harris event announced for Royal Albert Hall in December