The Misty/Tillman axis delivers another gloriously overblown tour-de-force. Fewer than ten seconds into the opening and title track of Father John Misty’s new album and we are knee-deep in thudding percussion, sweeping melodramatic string crescendos and […]
Australia has long presented as a prevailing outpost of Americana. From 13,000 miles away the community of artists, facilitators, commentators and audience seems firmly established, mightily enthusiastic and inherently creative. At AUK we have given our […]
Portland duo hit trad’ country paydirt with joyous third. Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms are steeped in the traditional sounds of country music, sounds that have changed little since first emerging in 1920s Appalachia and finding […]
Career-defining peak for one of UK Americana’s finest. In the mid-90s, Wilson brothers Danny and Julian were the songwriters and driving force behind new London (via Australia) band Grand Drive. In November 1997 they released their […]
First release on Black Opry Records resurrects Holden’s ‘Southern Gothic country’ The title of Jett Holden’s debut album is ‘The Phoenix’, a strikingly appropriate metaphor for the place at which he currently finds himself in his […]
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