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[ October 1, 2026 ] Essentials: The Top Ten Songs That Name-Drop Other Artists: AUK Readers’ Choice Essentials
[ October 1, 2026 ] Lawrence Rothman “Here Lies Love / Sawdust to Stardust” Album Reviews
[ October 1, 2026 ] Live Review: Petunia (solo without The Vipers), The Kitchen Garden Café, Birmingham – 24th September 2026 Live Reviews
[ October 1, 2026 ] Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music Interviews
[ October 1, 2026 ] Jayne Pomplas “This Is How The World Ends” Album Reviews

More People Really Should Know About: Kim Richey

January 30, 2024 Peter Churchill 2

Kim Richey isn’t a shiny, new upcoming and promising artist for whom these features were perhaps intended. No, Richey is one of those unsung heroes of americana who have been around for a goodly while, releasing […]

Taxing times for music…

January 30, 2024 Tim Martin 2

Taxation of music is inevitable; it is a business after all and Government will always want their share of the pie, however small that pie is. But when taxation in one form or another impacts a […]

For the Sake of the Song: Frank Turner “A Wave Across a Bay”

January 29, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

At its best, music has the power to convey the deepest feelings, to transmit them from the artist into your own soul, to move you in unexpected ways. ‘A Wave Across a Bay’ by Frank Turner […]

Classic Clips: Herb Pedersen (with Chris Hillman and John Jorgenson) “Wait a Minute” – Live at Freight and Salvage, Berkeley 2017

January 26, 2024 FredArnold 0

To try and describe the musical contribution of Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen to the various genres of music that they have encompassed or the number of artists that they have played with over the last […]

Things I Love Which Are Not Americana: Tim Martin – Archaeology

January 24, 2024 Tim Martin 0

In 1972 Tutankhamun went on tour. While at age 8 I didn’t make it to the British Museum to see him, images of the famous gold funerary mask looked back at you from newspapers, and TV. […]

Essentials: The Top Ten Songs That Name-Drop Other Artists: AUK Readers’ Choice

October 1, 2026 2

An Essentials occasional one-off feature, this one responding to our readers’ input. We ran a previous Essentials list which covered the top ten songs that name-drop other artists. As the title suggests, an artist mentions another […]

Artwork for Lawrence Rothman album Here Lies Love / Sawdust to Stardust "

Lawrence Rothman “Here Lies Love / Sawdust to Stardust”

October 1, 2026 0

Powerful confessional lyrics drive Lawrence Rothman’s journey to the dark side of Americana. For their fifth album, Here Lies Love / Sawdust to Stardust, Lawrence Rothman has brought an ‘A‘ list of collaborators, including Madi Diaz, […]

Petunia live at the Kitchen Garden Cafe, Birmingham - 24th September 2026

Live Review: Petunia (solo without The Vipers), The Kitchen Garden Café, Birmingham – 24th September 2026

October 1, 2026 0

The Kitchen Garden Café in King’s Heath, Birmingham, makes you glad people still believe in putting good music in small rooms. Attached to a restaurant and garden centre by day, it becomes an intimate music venue […]