Dean Nardi

Interview: Kevin Connolly builds songs with passion, wit and wordcraft

July 29, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

Anyone who’s caught Kevin Connolly’s live act knows he’s rarely at a loss for words. Speaking his mind like a street-corner preacher, the folk bard uses the stage as a pulpit for his witty wordcraft, both […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Brooks Williams

July 29, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

Writing and performing for over thirty years, Brooks Williams has carved out his own niche and earned a reputation as a superior guitarist to go along with prolific songcraft that has produced a staggering 34 albums […]

Live Review: Counting Crows + The Gaslight Anthem, Red Hat, Raleigh, NC – 17th July 2025

July 25, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

It didn’t seem to matter that the heat index was in the 100s in Raleigh, North Carolina, as Counting Crows with support from The Gaslight Anthem drew a near-capacity crowd, making a hot summer night feel […]

More People Really Should Know About: Hollow Hand

July 22, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

Brighton is south of London, and a quick train in and out gets you there. Max Kinghorn-Mills remembers moving there, mentally prepared for leaving home after finishing his second album as Hollow Hand in a flat […]

The Wood Brothers “Puff of Smoke”

July 21, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

Progressive americana trio brings inventive songwriting and lyrical wit on ninth album. Across a 20-year shared history, The Wood Brothers have mixed masterful songcraft with a blend of music that is impractical to genre-tag. You’ll find […]

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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

Interview: Kevin Connolly builds songs with passion, wit and wordcraft

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Brooks Williams

Live Review: Counting Crows + The Gaslight Anthem, Red Hat, Raleigh, NC – 17th July 2025

More People Really Should Know About: Hollow Hand

The Wood Brothers “Puff of Smoke”

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”