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Neale Eckstein “Never Too Late”

October 11, 2024 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

With his debut album at a mature age, Neale Eckstein proves its title – it’s never too late if you have something good to say. How many grey-haired singer-songwriters, that are offering their first full release […]

Rosko Piko “Beautifully Wasted”

October 1, 2024 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

Kent England duo Rosko Piko presents some beautifully crafted Americana on their debut album. You can describe the sound of a certain band/artist in a few words, or some might warrant a more detailed explanation. For […]

Nick Meltio “Desert Bound”

August 13, 2024 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

On his debut album, Finnish artist Nick Meltio is able to dive deep into the essence of Americana. The fact that Americana has become a world music phenomenon is nothing new, particularly these days when the […]

Anna Tivel “Living Thing”

June 12, 2024 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

On ‘Living Thing,’ Oregon’s Anna Tivel demonstrates her worthiness of high praise. Sometimes, as soon as a few first notes of an album’s opening track reach your ears you realize that the artist in question is […]

Gileah Taylor “Slow Parade”

May 20, 2024 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

A slow-evolving delight of an album. It might be a simple thing to say that modern Americana music has more to do with that not-easy-to-define ‘feel’ rather than any specifically defined genre. That ‘feel’ is either […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed 228 “Don’t Panic”

March 23, 2026 0

The last three weeks have been a struggle. The events in the Middle East have been horrific in their scale and scope. These are events of global significance, and if we didn’t know it then, we […]

Track Premiere: Bill Scorzari “Open Door”

March 23, 2026 0

It’s a pleasure to feature the latest single from gravel-voiced songwriter Bill Scorzari, who has his latest album, Sidereal Days (Day 2), ready to release on September 25th. Some ways off, but on today’s song, we […]

Video: Jay Buchanan “Sway” – always wanting to do it better

March 23, 2026 0

Be absorbed by this incredible performance from GRAMMY-nominated Rival Sons frontman Jay Buchanan. This intimate acoustic version of Buchanan’s solo song Sway draws all your attention to his fine voice. With incredible control, Buchanan demonstrates his […]

Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0

Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2

While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

Interviews

Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

March 4, 2026 2

At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

Book Reviews

Book Review: Willy Vlautin “The Horse”

May 30, 2024 0

On Richmond Fontaine’s 2016 ‘You Cant Go Back if There’s Nothing to Go Back To’, the album cover has a solitary, decrepit horse, standing forlornly in a landscape offering little comfort. It is a moribund picture but […]

Videos

Video: Brit Taylor “Broken Heart Breaks”

December 4, 2020 0

An excellent video, featuring a first mime-murder for AUK, accompanies the new single from Brit Taylor. The team around Taylor exudes quality and pedigree. ‘Broken Heart Breaks’ was written by Taylor, Joe Allen and Dan Auerbach […]

Album Reviews

Dan Cloutier “The Iceberg”

August 12, 2025 2

An album of hope in these dark times. New England-based Dan Cloutier travelled to Greenland, not to claim the land for the United States but to record his latest album. He took in Newfoundland, too, revelling […]

Articles by Ljubinko Zivkovic

Neale Eckstein “Never Too Late”

Rosko Piko “Beautifully Wasted”

Nick Meltio “Desert Bound”

Anna Tivel “Living Thing”

Gileah Taylor “Slow Parade”

Sounds from beyond the Shed 228 “Don’t Panic”

Track Premiere: Bill Scorzari “Open Door”

Video: Jay Buchanan “Sway” – always wanting to do it better

Something for the weekend: Brown Horse “Wreck”

Danny George Wilson “Arcade”