Our new playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month is out later today exclusively for AUK supporters which includes new tracks by Danny and the Champs, Dawes, Chuck Ragan, Amy Speace, Peter Bruntnell and Mean Mary among others – basically we trawl through the best Americana we’ve heard recently so you don’t have to. Our giveaway this month for supporters is a pair of tickets to one of the dates on the forthcoming Transatlantic Sessions tour which is celebrating 30 years since the original TV series first aired. The sessions are a series of musical productions by Glasgow-based Pelicula Films Ltd, funded by and produced for BBC Scotland, BBC Four and RTÉ of Ireland, comprising collaborative live performances by various leading folk, bluegrass and country musicians from both sides of the North Atlantic, Taking to the stage will be the all-star house band, led by Aly Bain and Jerry Douglas, plus guest vocalists Loudon Wainwright III, Julie Fowlis, Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams and Ireland’s Niall McCabe.
An annual focal point of Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow, the exclusive line-up of Transatlantic Sessions combines international guest musicians with the virtuoso house band. Together they interweave original material with age-old tunes and songs as they explore shared roots and find new common ground, celebrating the rich musical traditions that connect Scotland, Ireland and the US.
Debuting with two performances at Celtic Connections, Transatlantic Sessions 2025 will then play in Perth, followed by six dates across England concluding at London’s Royal Festival Hall:
January 31 – GLASGOW Royal Concert Hall (Celtic Connections)
February 2 – GLASGOW Royal Concert Hall (Celtic Connections)
February 3 – PERTH Concert Hall
February 4 – GATESHEAD The Glasshouse
February 5 – YORK Barbican
February 6 – BIRMINGHAM Symphony Hall
February 7 – MANCHESTER Aviva Studios
February 8 – OXFORD New Theatre
February 9 – LONDON Royal Festival Hall
Tickets are available from the Transatlantic Sessions website here. In the meantime, enjoy this clip from one of the sessions back in 2010 (our first classic clip of the day!) Dan Tyminski with an exquisite version of “The Boy Who Wouldn’t Hoe Corn”.
You can become an AUK supporter for as little as £2 a month for which princely sum you will receive a monthly exclusive supporters playlist along with being entered into our monthly prize draw. We’re a website created out of spare time around non-americana related lives so readers’ support allows us to keep on doing what we’re doing.
