Richard Phillips

Ida Mae “Click Click Domino”

July 21, 2021 Richard Phillips 0

Innovation and tradition meld together to form a unique soundscape. An album, cinematic in scope, eclectic in influences and decidedly innovative in instrumentation deserves to be welcomed to the pages of AUK and its readers. If […]

Steve Dawson “At the Bottom of a Canyon in the Branches of a Tree”

July 5, 2021 Richard Phillips 0

Inspired meditations wrapped in west coast folk-rock and Chicago soul. We have, in part, Richard Thompson to thank for Dawson’s return to the Americana scene and the recording of his new album after a hiatus of […]

Artwork for Travis Linville album, "I'm Still Here"

Travis Linville “I’m Still Here”

June 15, 2021 Richard Phillips 0

Musical simpatico creates a variety of tonal landscapes. Seeing the world through the eyes of others can always profit an artist. Think of the producer who has written songs, the studio engineer who has honed their […]

Essentials: The top 10 Sturgill Simpson songs

June 3, 2021 Richard Phillips 0

Sturgill Simpson comes from a family that has a strong musical heritage, his grandfathers and uncles all playing guitar. His bluegrass heritage was originally evidenced in 2004 with his band, Sunday Valley until he put his […]

Artwork for Jay Pollmann album"One Day Older None the Wiser

Jay Pollmann “One Day Older None the Wiser”

May 27, 2021 Richard Phillips 0

Footstomping, bluesy goodness from South Ontario. Neil Young sung of a town in North Ontario, Jay Pollman, hailing from the steel town of Hamilton in South Ontario could well do the same with minor geographic alterations. […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 2

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers

August 5, 2026 0

Includes tracks from My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams and MJ Lenderman among others. Cinema Music Group, Killphonic Records, and City Slang have announced Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2 – Out of […]

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