Mark Underwood

Birds of Chicago “Love In Wartime” (Signature Sounds, 2018)

May 21, 2018 Mark Underwood 0

Not just in a titular sense, the Birds of Chicago’s latest album release has love as its subject matter running like a golden thread throughout the record – Allison Russell, the lead singer, reported to have […]

Interview: Rupert Orton – Red Rooster Festival

May 11, 2018 Mark Underwood 0

At AUK we’ve mentioned before a couple of the newer and smaller festivals which have been popping up in recent years. Red Rooster, described as a whisky sippin,’ guitar strummin,’ banjo pickin’ weekend of Southern Blues […]

Interview: Jerry Leger

April 23, 2018 Mark Underwood 0

Although it isn’t even the end of April yet, here at Americana UK, there’s already fairly widespread agreement that the whole of 2018 is unlikely to throw up a better album than Jerry Leger and The […]

Book Club “Dust of Morning” (Independent, 2018)

April 20, 2018 Mark Underwood 0

Apparently inspired by founding frontman, guitarist, singer and songwriter Robbie Horlick’s travels in Europe, Book Club’s third album, ‘Dust of Morning’ shows the Atlanta-based ensemble demonstrating a growing maturity that has them deserving of a wider […]

The Sheepdogs, The Lexington, London, 11th April 2018

April 19, 2018 Mark Underwood 0

A place of which it was once said: “Saskatoon’s got nothing but hookers and hockey players,” the northern Canadian outpost of only around 300,000 denizens is now shaking off any past negative association with a seemingly […]