David Chalfen

Live Review: Zachary Lucky, Green Note, London – 12th October 2025

October 21, 2025 David Chalfen 1

A classic troubadour from the Canadian Prairies, Zachary Lucky’s autumn tour covers the UK, Belgium and Holland. Raised in Saskatoon in Saskatchewan, he shares this native town with the likes of Deep Dark Woods, Kacy and […]

Live Review: Gemma Hayes + Lily Lyons, St Pancras Old Church – London 4th September 2025

September 16, 2025 David Chalfen 0

This is the first of three sold out nights at this venue and just down the road at the less overtly spiritual Lexington. It’s billed as a residency and in a week when there’s a political […]

Live Review: Madison Violet, Lexington, London – 31st July 2025

August 11, 2025 David Chalfen 1

The duo of Lisa MacIsaac and Brenley MacEachern have clocked up 25 years as Madison Violet and have picked up numerous awards in their Canadian homeland. So, it’s a momentous decision to call it quits at […]

Live Review: I’m With Her + Keenan O’Meara, Barbican, London – 29th May 2025

June 10, 2025 David Chalfen 2

This trio – Sarah Jarosz, Sarah Watkins and Aoife O’Donovan – always create a buzz ahead of their appearances. The supergroup descriptor is overused, but it is undeniably true in this case from whatever angle you […]

Live Review: An Audience With Mary Chapin Carpenter, Amazing Grace, London – 19th May 2025

May 30, 2025 David Chalfen 1

Amazing Grace is a very new venue for a long-established icon of Americana. A finely converted 19th-century church situated at one side of a quadrangle that covers London Bridge station, The Shard, and Guy’s Hospital, it […]

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Something for the weekend: Brown Horse “Wreck”

March 20, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week and we leave you dear reader with a new song from British slacker twang quartet Brown Horse, the third and final single from their upcoming album Total Dive […]

Danny George Wilson “Arcade”

March 20, 2026 1

Danny George Wilson delivers a reflective and beautifully crafted set of songs exploring loss, memory, and the difficult business of moving on. Danny George Wilson follows up the Danny & The Champions of the World album, […]

Thomas Dollbaum enlists MJ Lendeman and friends for his latest album

March 20, 2026 0

Tampa-born, New Orleans-based singer/songwriter Thomas Dollbaum has announced his new album Birds of Paradise, “a goodbye letter to lost loved ones and former selves,” which will come out on May 22 via Dear Life Records, and […]

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 […]

Reviews

AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – March 2025

March 19, 2025 5

Okay, spring has well and truly sprung and this month’s bag of newly released EPs is full to the brim with a kaleidoscope of sounds that cover the full spectrum of Americana music. So without further […]

Videos

Video: Giant Sand “Happenstance”

September 10, 2021 0

One of the highlights of Giant Sand’s 1994 album ‘Glum’ was this powerful, intense song, perfect for retro Friday. ‘Happenstance’ builds beautifully, full of desperate tension and urgency. Huge rhythms, searing guitar, moody bass and that dramatic, […]

Videos

Video Premiere: Connor Daly “Wishin'”

December 8, 2023 1

Check out the new video from Virginia singer-songwriter Connor Daly. The infectious ‘Wishin” features a rolling, flowing vocal delivery and catchy melody, buoyed by a strong beat and building instrumentation as the story unfolds. Daly’s words […]

Articles by David Chalfen

Live Review: Zachary Lucky, Green Note, London – 12th October 2025

Live Review: Gemma Hayes + Lily Lyons, St Pancras Old Church – London 4th September 2025

Live Review: Madison Violet, Lexington, London – 31st July 2025

Live Review: I’m With Her + Keenan O’Meara, Barbican, London – 29th May 2025

Live Review: An Audience With Mary Chapin Carpenter, Amazing Grace, London – 19th May 2025

Something for the weekend: Brown Horse “Wreck”

Danny George Wilson “Arcade”

Thomas Dollbaum enlists MJ Lendeman and friends for his latest album

Classic Clips: Brown Horse “Wipers”, Newport 2024

Jim Lauderdale “Country Super Hits Volume 2”