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artwork for Jeff Crosby album "Another Petal Falls Off The Rose"

Jeff Crosby “Another Petal Falls off the Rose”

July 19, 2024 Viv Fish 0

A reflective collection of inspired songs produced by the legendary bassist Dave Schools from Widespread Panic. Singer-songwriter Jeff Crosby describes this, his seventh studio album, as “the sound of a 36-year-old musician/traveller and his band from […]

Artwork for The Georgia Sea Island Singers album - Friends of Old-Time Music

Bessie Jones, John Davis & The Georgia Sea Island Singers with Mississippi Fred McDowell and Ed Young “The Complete Friends of Old-Time Music Concert”

July 8, 2024 Viv Fish 0

How a live recording of a concert can preserve one powerful moment indelibly in time. “We are on the road to world peace, freedom, and integration”, declares ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax in 1965, as he introduces this […]

Grey DeLisle “Driftless Girl”

May 21, 2024 Viv Fish 0

A contemporary step back in time. It is easy to admire creative, artistic, comedic or musical talent, but when one person is gifted with the full range, you must ask yourself, when does this person ever […]

Ruth Moody “Wanderer”

May 14, 2024 Viv Fish 2

For the listeners, the lovers, the dreamers, and all those who wander. It’s not every day that an album sweeps you off your feet and hits the spot on first listening. Nor does every album have […]

Live Review: Annie Dressner, The Old School House, Robin Hood’s Bay – 19th April 2024

April 30, 2024 Viv Fish 0

After a short visit to Robin Hood’s Bay on tour with Jesse Terry last year, we vowed to return to take in more of the delights of the picturesque old fishing village & surrounding area, and […]

Something not really americana for the weekend: This is Lorelei “Oh No Now My”

August 7, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. If you’re an AUK supporter your new playlist will be with you at 5pm. We leave you dear reader with a new song from Nate Amos aka This […]

Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

August 7, 2026 0

At once nostalgic travelogue, introspective head-trip, and rootsy showcase, Madrid-born Juana Everett’s second album should be her breakthrough record. Past Lives in California swims headfirst through the murky waters of transit, both literal and metaphysical. Bring […]

Margo Price “Days of Unrest”

August 7, 2026 0

A powerful message that’s relayed with the kind of vigour and skill needed to make people sit up and listen. “In his oval room, in his rockin’ chair / He’s the president, but I don’t care […]

Articles by Viv Fish

Jeff Crosby “Another Petal Falls off the Rose”

Bessie Jones, John Davis & The Georgia Sea Island Singers with Mississippi Fred McDowell and Ed Young “The Complete Friends of Old-Time Music Concert”

Grey DeLisle “Driftless Girl”

Ruth Moody “Wanderer”

Live Review: Annie Dressner, The Old School House, Robin Hood’s Bay – 19th April 2024

Something not really americana for the weekend: This is Lorelei “Oh No Now My”

Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

Margo Price “Days of Unrest”

Classic Clips: The Mavericks “Born To Be Blue” – Live at American Songwriter Studios, 2012

The Wild High “Listen to The Wild High”