Americana UK

  • News
  • Reviews
    • Album Reviews
    • Live Reviews
    • Book Reviews
  • Features
    • Archive
      • Americana Bedrock
      • Americana Roots
      • AmericanA to Z
      • A Night to Remember
      • Dirty Dozens
      • Home Life
      • I Write the Songs
      • Lost Albums
      • Political Pops
      • Shuffle
      • Small Venue Heroes
      • Studio Life
      • The Other Side of Me
      • The Twang Factor
      • Top 10 Americana Albums Ever
      • Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century
      • Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists
      • Unsung Heroes
      • Van Life
      • Whatever Happened To…
      • What Should I Do…
      • WITATA
    • Anniversary Cheers
    • AUK Mini-Gigs
    • Can’t Live with it, Can’t Live without it
    • Classic Americana Albums
    • Classic Clips
    • Essentials
    • For The Sake Of The Song
    • More People Really Should Know About
    • Obituaries
    • Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time
    • VERSIONS
  • Interviews
  • Videos
  • Tracks
  • Columns
    • Sounds from the Shed
    • Vox Continental
  • Podcast
  • Forum
  • Info
    • Contact Us!
    • Review submission FAQ
    • Support Americana UK
    • Want to write for Americana UK?
    • Daily Digest Sign-Up
    • Advertise on Americana UK
    • Privacy Policy
Our latest posts
  • [ April 17, 2026 ] Something for the weekend: This is Lorelie “Where’s Your Love Now (Waxahatchee Version)” Tracks
  • [ April 17, 2026 ] Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming Interviews
  • [ April 17, 2026 ] Remedy Motel “Counting Sand” Album Reviews
  • [ April 17, 2026 ] Book review: Richard Houghton “Iain Matthews: A People’s History” Book Reviews
  • [ April 17, 2026 ] Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Joseph Martone AUK Mini-Gigs
HomeColumnsSounds from the Shed

Sounds from the Shed

AUK’s Keith Hargreaves’s weekly education column, with the help of some good, bad and ugly americana

Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed 168 “Another one done”

December 13, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
Thanks for reading and another brilliant year of music. I’ve been writing for this site for a while now, as evidenced by Paul Kerr’s brilliant AUK Back Pages series, which I highly recommend as some holiday […]
Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed 165 “The Appetiser”

November 29, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
I’ve been lucky enough to have been to a few gigs recently and, indeed, promoted a couple myself. I’m always intrigued by the music playing in a venue before the acts come on. Is this the […]
Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed 164 “Snow”

November 22, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
I love snow. Haven’t seen it in the UK for a while and it never really hangs around but it does bring with it a certain joy and sense of wonder. Don’t ask me why. Is […]
Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed 163 “The past is another country… or is it?”

November 15, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
Regular readers will know I’m always banging on about the power of live music and the joy that it can bring and something surfaced this week that made me reflect on why I feel so strongly […]
Columns

Sounds from beyonds the Shed 162 “Health and Safety”

November 8, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 2
Life is increasingly complex but usually manageable despite the occasional barrier, because as sentient beings we should have a vague grasp on what is reasonable and what poses a risk to our continued existence. Or at […]

Posts pagination

« 1 … 12 13 14 … 44 »

Recent Forum Posts

  • RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris - All the Roadrunning ...

    By Peter Thompson , 1 hour ago

  • RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Robert Plant - Saving Grace: All That Glitters (vinyl)

    By Peter Thompson , 1 hour ago

  • RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily

    By Peter Thompson , 1 hour ago

  • RE: Andy Kershaw

    It's sad news. I have many happy memories of listening ...

    By durks , 2 days ago

  • Paul Villers

    Andy Kershaw

    I see that Andy Kershaw has died. One time roadie for B...

    By Paul Villers , 2 days ago

  • Joe Nathan

    RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Drive-By Truckers - It’s Great To Be Alive

    By Joe Nathan , 2 days ago

  • Andy Davidson

    RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Mike Ritchie played Moment in the Sun a few weeks ago o...

    By Andy Davidson , 2 days ago

  • Andy Davidson

    RE: What Are You Reading?

    I dug out One Man Clapping a few weeks ago, one of my f...

    By Andy Davidson , 2 days ago

  • RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Juan Martin - The Andalucian Suites. Sensational guit...

    By Jonathan Aird , 2 days ago

our latest posts

Something for the weekend: This is Lorelie “Where’s Your Love Now (Waxahatchee Version)”

Tracks
April 17, 2026 0

Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

Interviews
April 17, 2026 0

Remedy Motel “Counting Sand”

Album Reviews
April 17, 2026 0

Book review: Richard Houghton “Iain Matthews: A People’s History”

Book Reviews
April 17, 2026 0

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Joseph Martone

AUK Mini-Gigs
April 17, 2026 0
Tracks

Something for the weekend: This is Lorelie “Where’s Your Love Now (Waxahatchee Version)”

April 17, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week. Regular readers will no doubt be sick to death now of me plugging this guy but his stuff is so good and as if any more proof was […]
Interviews

Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

April 17, 2026 0
Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]
Album Reviews

Remedy Motel “Counting Sand”

April 17, 2026 0
Utah band on a roll with their second ‘comeback’ album after a 15-year hiatus. You feel as though you should showcase this band in our Feature article More People Really Should Know About..…because, despite the fact […]

  • Something for the weekend: This is Lorelie “Where’s Your Love Now (Waxahatchee Version)”
  • Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming
  • Remedy Motel “Counting Sand”
  • Book review: Richard Houghton “Iain Matthews: A People’s History”
  • Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Joseph Martone
  • The Taproots “Comedy Of Fools”
  • Latest AUK Podcast now available featuring The Sheepdogs in conversation
  • Tony Rice’s 1977 self-titled album returns on vinyl and digital for his 75th birthday
  • Feeding Leroy “Comes A Time” – not Neil
  • Video Premiere: Diyet & The Love Soldiers “Running Through the Great Divide” – a howling cry
Billy Bragg Bob Dylan Bruce Springsteen Chuck Prophet Courtney Marie Andrews Dean Owens Drive By Truckers Emmylou Harris Jason Isbell Johnny Cash John Prine Lucinda Williams Margo Price Neil Young Peter Bruntnell Robert Vincent Ryan Adams Steve Earle Sturgill Simpson The Band The Byrds The Delines Tom Petty Wilco Willie Nelson
  • Martin Johnson: Thanks, Jeremy. Not only great, but pretty bottomless as well.
  • Martin Johnson: I’d forgotten about Blackfoot, Alison. There are not many bands who get one of their grandfathers to write them a…
  • Jeremy Courtnadge: Terrific topic. Billy Strings performed a whole set of 'Train' songs at Yuengling Center, Tampa, FL April 13th 2024. The…

Latest interviews

Interviews

Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

April 17, 2026 0
Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]
Band provided image
Interviews

Interview: Thomas Ådland, of Thomas & The Angry Hearts, on Language, Love and Identity

April 13, 2026 0
Two days before I heard them fill Martin’s Bar in Lillestrøm, I watched Thomas & The Angry Hearts make music in a wooden house surrounded by trees. In that studio, sound was built patiently: a harmony […]
Interviews

Interview: The Breath’s Stuart McCallum and Ríoghnach Connolly on collaborating with the Paraorchestra

April 7, 2026 0
How to achieve true musical Symbiosis. The Breath are guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer Ríoghnach Connolly, and they ensure that the song is always at the centre of their alt-folk sound. That sound is rich, reflecting […]

You may have missed…

Interviews

Interview: Pete Gow – “Up close and very personal…”

September 18, 2019 0
Pete Gow, front man for the late Case Hardin, one of the UK’s foremost hard rocking Americana styled bands, surprised a lot of folk when he released his first solo album, ‘Here There’s No Sirens’ back […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa, Oklahoma – 2nd June 2024

June 12, 2024 5
Let’s face it, in whichever creative direction he travels, Robert Plant will always be recognized as the strutting, bare-torsoed, former front man of Led Zeppelin. If one had wanted to move on from that phase of […]
Videos

Video: Jake Ian “Half a Day Away”

June 5, 2020 0
Featuring excellent guitar and bass work, the new video from Edmonton’s Jake Ian is a great way to end the week.  This is the title track from the brand new album, ‘Half a Day Away’, which […]

© Americana UK 2026, a website based in the People's Republic of Liverpool