Helen Jones

Courtney Hartman “With You”

November 17, 2025 Helen Jones 0

Gentle meditations on motherhood offer a rare vulnerability that hits heavy. Courtney Hartman’s previous album, 2021’s “Glade”, was very much a solitary affair – Hartman recorded the bulk of it alone as she lived in a […]

The Autumn Defense “Here and Nowhere”

October 15, 2025 Helen Jones 0

A welcome return that proves the band haven’t lost their touch after over a decade away. While the last 11 years have felt long for all of us, they have felt even longer for fans of […]

The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Helen Jones

September 25, 2025 Helen Jones 2

What makes a truly great song? This is the question I had to wrestle with when compiling this list of what I believe to be the best Americana songs of all time. As I was putting […]

John Calvin Abney “Transparent Towns”

September 22, 2025 Helen Jones 0

Abney poetically channels invaluable self-insight in a way that gives it universal meaning. The sad truth about memory is that it’s inherently unreliable: when you access it, you’re not remembering the event itself so much as […]

Judy Blank “Big Mood”

September 9, 2025 Helen Jones 0

An Americana backbone runs through a set of catchy, cross-genre songs. There are many ways people fall in love with Americana, but for Netherlands native Judy Blank, her appreciation of the genre came about through classic […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

Articles by Helen Jones

Courtney Hartman “With You”

The Autumn Defense “Here and Nowhere”

The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Helen Jones

John Calvin Abney “Transparent Towns”

Judy Blank “Big Mood”

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”