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Preview: May Erlewine UK tour dates kick off tonight

March 5, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

May Erlewine, the Michigan singer-songwriter has announced a headline tour next month with 3 support dates opening for multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and producer Theo Katzman, in the UK and Europe beginning tonight. Erlewine, who last played […]

Billy Bragg comes to the rescue with three HOPE not hate gigs – Thank your God!

March 4, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

Billy Bragg, who last year celebrated a remarkable 40 years as Britain’s favourite folk singer, songwriter and campaigner, will play some shows in support of the anti-fascist group HOPE not hate, who are themselves celebrating 20 […]

Sarah Shook & The Disarmers to release new album “Revelations”

March 4, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Sarah Shook & The Disarmers will be releasing their fourth album, ‘Revelations’ on March 29th via Thirty Tigers. The band’s last album, ‘Nightroamer’, came out in 2022 followed later the same year by frontperson River Shook’s […]

Sam Lee prepares fourth album for release

March 4, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Sam Lee is one of the most distinctive voices in British folk, who also makes some of the most innovative sounds with his song arrangements which bring a modern sensibility to an old feeling and brings […]

Daniel Kemish kicks off extensive UK tour to promote latest album “Hard Times”

March 1, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Having won over audiences at January’s UK AmericanaFest with his band (reviewed by AUK), Daniel Kemish returns to the UK for an extensive tour of smaller venues in England and Wales from late February through the […]

Sorrel Nation will release sophomore album next month

September 8, 2026 0

Following a breakthrough period that saw major festival appearances, BBC Radio support and the release of her debut album Lost En Route, singer-songwriter Sorrel Nation returns with her second album, Creeping Thyme. The record will be […]

Blaine Todd “Angle of Repose”

September 8, 2026 0

Quirky, gentle release from San Francisco Bay area songwriter and musician. Angle of Repose is the fifth album from Bay area Blaine Todd, a newcomer to our site, but a release with a resonance with many […]

More People Really Should Know About: Liz Stringer

September 8, 2026 0

There are, of course, countless reasons why we love attending gigs and feeding on the buzz that only live music can give. On the Americana circuit that we inhabit in these pages, often at smaller and […]

Preview: May Erlewine UK tour dates kick off tonight

Billy Bragg comes to the rescue with three HOPE not hate gigs – Thank your God!

Sarah Shook & The Disarmers to release new album “Revelations”

Sam Lee prepares fourth album for release

Daniel Kemish kicks off extensive UK tour to promote latest album “Hard Times”

Sorrel Nation will release sophomore album next month

Blaine Todd “Angle of Repose”

More People Really Should Know About: Liz Stringer

Live Review: The Felice Brothers, 100 Club, London – 2nd September 2026

Bloodkin “Flowers & Ash”