Dean Nardi

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Ian David Green

August 28, 2025 Dean Nardi 1

Two years ago, contemporary folk artist Ian David Green was one of three winners in season two of AUK’s Twang Factor contest. His second album – “Songs from the Wheel” – followed and now here he […]

artwork for Marty Cooper behind the songs

Behind the Songs: Marty Cooper “American Portraits”

August 27, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

There aren’t many artists who fit “Behind the Songs” any better than Marty Cooper, who has been behind so many hit songs you might think of him as a shadow, a stealthy spy or the reverse […]

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 […]

AMERICANAFEST Reveals Full Schedule + Lineup with 2025 Mobile App

August 19, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

For any and all Americana music fans, it’s high time you checked airline fares for bargains, especially should you be heading to Nashvegas …. er, Nashville for the 2025 edition of AMERICANAFEST from points where crossing […]

Interview: Cory Hanson on writing songs about all kinds of people

August 15, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

Cory Hanson writes songs …. a lot of songs, ten albums in eleven years’ worth of songs divided between the band he fronts, Wand, the Cory Hanson Band and his solo act. Asked if he is […]

Dean Owenswith John Convertino and Joey Burns

The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks

September 24, 2026 0

It’s week 2 of the search for our writers’ Top 10 UK americana albums, and Jonathan Hincks will doubt add to the debate with his choice, as follows: With the hands of the Doomsday Clock edging […]

Album artwork for The Fool by Embla and the Karldotters

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

September 24, 2026 0

Norwegian queer-country assertively and affectionately delivering. Embla Karidotter was the drummer for Norwegian indie band Razika for 13 years, before she chose to change direction and build on her love of country music with new band […]

Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

September 24, 2026 0

On the 16th of October, Béla Fleck is to release the recording of a stellar Nashville night as a live album called Live Heart. On January 8, 2022, he and a multigenerational gang of musical heavy […]

Articles by Dean Nardi

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Ian David Green

Behind the Songs: Marty Cooper “American Portraits”

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Charming Disaster

AMERICANAFEST Reveals Full Schedule + Lineup with 2025 Mobile App

Interview: Cory Hanson on writing songs about all kinds of people

The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

Izzie Walsh “Where Do We Go From Here?”

Americana Stories – Stephen Eyre “On the road”