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Nick Costa “Tell My Mother I Love Her” (Nick Costa Music, 2020)

September 15, 2020 Diccon Johnston 0

Pain, loneliness and despair have often driven the creative muse and this is currently the case for Nick Costa. The end of a long term relationship provides the point of reference for his latest work. ‘Tell […]

Sarah Johnson “Volcano” (Independent, 2020)

September 14, 2020 Alan Fitter 0

Sarah Johnson wrote her first song when she was two and now three decades later, she’s released her first record, a six-song EP called ‘Volcano’. Based in Dallas, Johnson has written six songs that are very […]

Sally Anne Morgan “Thread” (Thrill Jockey, 2020)

September 14, 2020 Paul Kerr 0

There aren’t many albums sent to AUK which mention The Third Ear Band in the promotional notes. Sally Anne Morgan is an Appalachian fiddle player (with Black Twig Pickers and the duo House and Land) and […]

Michael Bernard Fitzgerald “Love Valley” (Treasure Island Recs, 2020)

September 14, 2020 Richard Phillips 0

With the release of his fifth album, ‘Love Valley’, Canadian singer-songwriter, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald has created a wistful dream of an imagined life that is both personal and universal. The songs could be described as a […]

Jaime Wyatt “Neon Cross” (New West, 2020)

September 11, 2020 Mark Nenadic 0

This record does seem to come with a fair amount of hype. One of those that ‘takes Americana to a different level’ pitches. The ‘new Queen of Outlaw Country’, so we’re told. Wyatt’s backstory jumps from […]

Preview: Rose’s Pawn Shop selling great gigs for the next couple of weeks

June 30, 2026 0

A band renowned for the power of their performances, Rose’s Pawn Shop, described by some as the hottest roots music show to come out of Los Angeles, has just announced a UK summer tour which starts […]

Jonathon Penn “It Took A Long Time To Get Young”

June 30, 2026 0

Gentle indie-folk ruminations on life’s purpose and direction. This album of Jonathon Penn’s is, as signified from its title, an artistic and life-influenced bildungsroman, and presumably a cathartic way of dealing with change and discovery. Having […]

Folk Tracks Roundup – June 2026

June 30, 2026 0

It’s the middle of the year, as I write, it’s the weekend of the solstice. A great time for a theme of Summerland and Wicker Man-inspired songs. Would we take a Blood On Satan’s Claw tribute? […]

Nick Costa “Tell My Mother I Love Her” (Nick Costa Music, 2020)

Sarah Johnson “Volcano” (Independent, 2020)

Sally Anne Morgan “Thread” (Thrill Jockey, 2020)

Michael Bernard Fitzgerald “Love Valley” (Treasure Island Recs, 2020)

Jaime Wyatt “Neon Cross” (New West, 2020)

Preview: Rose’s Pawn Shop selling great gigs for the next couple of weeks

Jonathon Penn “It Took A Long Time To Get Young”

Folk Tracks Roundup – June 2026

Video Premiere: Logan Staats “Rainwater and Whiskey”

“Doggone” it … Jeffrey Silverstein announces a new album