Emily Dongray

Elles Bailey to support Don McLean on his Autumn tour

April 5, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Don McLean has announced his 50th Anniversary ‘American Pie Tour’: a 17-date tour, starting in Cardiff on 11th September and playing throughout the country until 4th October, ending at the London Palladium. Support will come from […]

Grady Spencer & the Work “Wait”

April 5, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Texan group prove that the future and the past can coexist. By day, Texan Grady Spencer is a superintendent for a commercial construction company; at other times, he is a member of The Work. The band […]

Beth Nielsen Chapman signs to Cooking Vinyl, Autumn tour announced

April 4, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Acclaimed American singer-songwriter Beth Nielsen Chapman has signed a new worldwide artist deal with Cooking Vinyl, ahead of the release of her upcoming fifteenth solo album – ‘CrazyTown’ out this autumn. Inducted into the Songwriters Hall […]

The Head and the Heart release track ahead of upcoming album

April 1, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Seattle Indie folk band The Head and The Heart have announced their latest album ‘Every Shade of Blue’ which will be released on April 29th on Warner Bros. Records. This, the band’s fifth album comes after […]

New Eddi Reader single out today, album announced

April 1, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Today, Eddi Reader has released her latest single, ‘Light is in the Horizon Yet‘ exclusively on Bandcamp. This release comes three years after her last album ‘Starlight‘ was released in 2018. Eddi is joined on ‘Light […]

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For The Sake Of The Song: Joni Mitchell “Woodstock”

May 11, 2026 0

The Woodstock festival held in 1969 at Yasgur’s farm, Bethel, New York, is one of those truly emblematic moments in the history of contemporary music, and indeed in the birth of americana. And of course it’s […]

I’m Kingfisher “Give Up Together”

May 11, 2026 0

Nordic americana with a slightly heavier tinge. I’m Kingfisher is the alter ego of Swedish singer-songwriter Thomas Jonsson. Give Up Together is his sixth album under that guise and comes three years after his last release, […]

AUK Mini-Gigs

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Igloo Hearts

May 11, 2026 0

Igloo Hearts are James and Katie MacGregor, a married folk-pop duo from North Wales. For our next AUK mini-gig, they kindly agreed to share some of their latest songs with our readers and viewers. Since appearing […]

Interviews

Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

May 5, 2026 0

Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

April 28, 2026 0

Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]

Interviews

Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

April 27, 2026 0

David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

Tracks

Bill Scorzari “I Stayed” – featuring Erin Rae

January 29, 2026 0

You’ll recall, well, we hope you’ll recall – that last Autumn we were highlighting the first singles from Bill Scorzari’s staggered double album release “Sidereal Days” which has been split into “Sidereal Days (Day 1)“, which […]

Album Reviews

Chillemi “With Woman”

June 17, 2021 0

Chillemi’s debut album ‘With Woman‘ recorded in bedrooms is an intimate retro soundtrack to modern times. ‘With Woman‘ is Chillemi’s moody, intense, sometimes repetitive offering which ambitiously attempts to capture the same timeless spirit as Roy […]

Videos

Video: Rhona Macfarlane “July Rain”

July 11, 2024 0

Rhona Macfarlane has spent her life steeped in music and song. Throughout her childhood, she was surrounded by her Grandmother’s Gaelic songs and the sounds of her family playing piano, violin, guitar, bagpipes or clarsach while […]

Articles by Emily Dongray

Elles Bailey to support Don McLean on his Autumn tour

Grady Spencer & the Work “Wait”

Beth Nielsen Chapman signs to Cooking Vinyl, Autumn tour announced

The Head and the Heart release track ahead of upcoming album

New Eddi Reader single out today, album announced

For The Sake Of The Song: Joni Mitchell “Woodstock”

I’m Kingfisher “Give Up Together”

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Igloo Hearts

Peter Case “At McCabe’s: My Life to Live”

The Krickets “If You Only Knew”