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 The Delines, Jason Isbell, Holly Lovell, Rhona Macfarane, Patterson Hood with Waxahatchee and Chatham Rabbits 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 see acclaimed Canadian singer-songwriter Jerry Leger who makes a welcome return to the UK next month for solo, acoustic shows, to coincide with the release of his new solo album “Lucky Streak – Latent Lounge, Live From The Hangar” which lands on these shores on March 21st. The shows will be part of a European stint which also takes in Germany and The Netherlands.
Leger says of the new record: “The morning after I played my last show of 2024, I met up with Michael Timmins (Cowboy Junkies) at his studio, The Hangar in Toronto. Since late 2013, we have recorded a lot of music in this room together, all of which has been released on their label, Latent Recordings. The idea was to pick a bunch of my songs from the past and present and I’d perform them solo, either the way they were written or the way they’ve evolved. The result is Lucky Streak – Latent Lounge, Live From The Hangar and you know, I feel lucky.
I’ve heard Ron Sexsmith call me a “survivor of the music industry”, but I also think about a 1972 interview with Leonard Cohen. Reflecting on his career up to that point, Cohen described success as “survival”. My aim from the get-go was always to be artistically successful, which I feel I have been. Michael Timmins’ support certainly helped me survive and I think of Lucky Streak as a celebration.”
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Jerry Leger Tour 2025 – tickets available via this link
April 8 – Green Note, London
April 9 – St. Lawrence’s Church, Stoke-On-Trent
April 10 – Swiss Cottage, Winchester
April 11 – Bear Club, Luton
April 12 – St Werburgh’s, Chester
April 13 – Partickhill Bowling & Community Club, Glasgow
April 15 – The Central Bar, Gateshead
April 16 – Kitchen Garden Cafe, Birmingham
April 17 – Running Horse, Nottingham
April 18 – Nomad, Liverpool
April 19 – Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds
April 22 – Kingsmead House Concerts, High Wycombe
