Emily Dongray

New single by Luke Sital-Singh out today, album announced

March 4, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Luke Sital-Singh has announced that his latest album ‘Dressing Like a Stranger‘ will be released on September 2nd on Nettwerk Records. This, his 4th album comes after ‘A Golden State‘ was released in 2019. Sital-Singh initially […]

Twang Factor 2 winner Jess Jocoy announces UK Summer tour

March 4, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

AUK Twang Factor 2 winner Jess Jocoy has announced an 18-show tour in the UK for Summer 2022 with further dates for Scotland and Ireland expected to be added. Starting with a gig at The Green […]

The Cadillac Three announce rescheduled UK tour

March 3, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Award-winning fuzz-country band The Cadillac Three will be playing eight shows across the UK, including a headline performance at The Long Road Festival and a celebratory show at London’s legendary Roundhouse. The Hillbilly Hypnotized tour is, […]

Grant Lee Philips announces new album – new single out now

February 25, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Grant-Lee Philips, of Grant-Lee Buffalo, has announced his latest album, ‘All That You Can Dream‘ will be released on May 20th on Yep Roc. This, his 11th album, comes soon after 2020 album ‘Lightning, Show us […]

The Sheepdogs start UK tour next week

February 25, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Canadian stars The Sheepdogs have announced a UK tour starting February 28th. The boys from Saskatoon have crossed the pond several times in recent years to perform at festivals like Red Rooster with their six-album repertoire. […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

Interviews

Interview: Cricket and Waylor Gordon Payne on J J Cale, Tulsa, and a life well spent

September 2, 2022 0

Side man to musical legends, a successful songwriter with a classic album to re-release. Gordon Payne’s time as a musician was spent largely as a sideman. He recorded one solo album, 1978’s ‘Gordon Payne’ which was […]

Album Reviews

Christy Moore “A Terrible Beauty”

November 1, 2024 0

Irish icon delivers yet another album of meaningful observation and storytelling. Songwriter, folk singer, guitarist, poet, social commentator, Irish republican, and Ireland’s greatest living musician (People of the Year Awards 2007), so, a living legend. Which […]

Album Reviews

Alex Rex “Paradise”

August 10, 2021 0

Former Trembling Bells sticksman embraces his inner Nick Cave, but adds some glam-rock, gospel-soul, sea shanties and classic country into the mix. Alex Rex – real name Alex Neilson – was the drummer in now-defunct Scottish […]

Articles by Emily Dongray

New single by Luke Sital-Singh out today, album announced

Twang Factor 2 winner Jess Jocoy announces UK Summer tour

The Cadillac Three announce rescheduled UK tour

Grant Lee Philips announces new album – new single out now

The Sheepdogs start UK tour next week

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”