Americana UK

Forty Elephant Gang “Evergreen” – 70’s Americana vibes abound

November 25, 2024 0

70’s vibes abound on Forty Elephant Gang’s new single ‘Evergreen‘. The East London Americana group consists of Andrew White on lead vocals and guitar, Sean Mannion on mandolin and backing vocals and James Bachmann on guitar […]

Video Premiere: Rebecca Aadland “Stuck in Yesterday”

November 25, 2024 0

Rebecca Aadland’s latest single is on a theme many will associate with. Her thoughtful lyrics throughout “Stuck in Yesterday” reflect on the need to move on and she delivers her words in an emotion-packed vocal performance. […]

Something for the weekend: Them Coulee Boys “I Am Not Sad”

November 22, 2024 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader, a week in which it’s been good to see on a couple of occasions that justice is occasionally served. We leave you with the closing track […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 164 “Snow”

November 22, 2024 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 […]

Classic Clips: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss “Rock and Roll” – Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Manchester, Tennessee 2022

November 22, 2024 0

Way back in 2007 Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, two singers from completely different musical backgrounds, found some common ground while evidently having lots of fun. The combination of the two voices which work so well […]

Features

Let’s Unpack The Haul… Once More…

Another dull day another chance to re-run the trope of showing off the shiny bangles that one has purchased as we make an almost analogue model of the YouTube influencer video. Here, though, the sales [...]
Classic Clips

Classic Clips: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss “Rock and Roll” – Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Manchester, Tennessee 2022

Way back in 2007 Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, two singers from completely different musical backgrounds, found some common ground while evidently having lots of fun. The combination of the two voices which work so [...]
AUK Mini-Gigs

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: The Kennedys

During the dark days of the pandemic, The Kennedys began offering their fans a weekly livestream show featuring 90 minutes or more of songs for all manner of themes and occasions. As of October 20, [...]
Essentials

Essentials: The Top 10 Nanci Griffith Albums

Over the course of her career Nanci Griffith recorded 18 studio albums and 2 live albums. There were a couple of disappointments in amongst those but nowhere near enough to make this a straightforward task. [...]
Interviews

Interview: Joseph Shipp on digging deep, being free, for a while

He has always felt a bit like a chameleon. Joseph Shipp doesn’t have a routine backstory. You can trace his early musical touchstones to his father’s eclectic tastes: Neil Young, Leo Kottke, traditional Irish folk [...]

The Third Mind to release live album “Live Mind”

November 22, 2024 0

The Third Mind are all set to release their first live album via Yep Roc Records on 14th February 2025. This genuine supergroup issued their first self-titled album in 2020 a matter of days before the […]

Live Review: Bob Dylan, Royal Albert Hall, London – 12th November 2024

November 22, 2024 0

Well. The first of three nights of the “London Residency” portion of Bob Dylan’s latest UK tour – and as someone said “things have changed.” No photographs from the event – with bag checks and phones […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: The Kennedys

November 22, 2024 0

During the dark days of the pandemic, The Kennedys began offering their fans a weekly livestream show featuring 90 minutes or more of songs for all manner of themes and occasions. As of October 20, 2024 […]

Patterson Hood announces new solo album “Exploding Trees and Airplane Screams”

November 22, 2024 0

His first for 12 years – packed with friends and Truckers. Patterson Hood the co-founder of of The Drive By Truckers and fierce political commentator has revealed his latest work as a solo album called “Exploding […]

Track Premiere: Diane Coll “All Is Well”

November 22, 2024 0

‘All Is Well‘ is the final song on Diane Coll’s latest album, her fourth release, entitled ‘Up From The Mud,’ which will be out on January 7th 2025. The album follows a path through a relational […]

Let’s Unpack The Haul… Once More…

November 25, 2024 0

Another dull day another chance to re-run the trope of showing off the shiny bangles that one has purchased as we make an almost analogue model of the YouTube influencer video. Here, though, the sales [...]
Forty Elephant Gang “Evergreen” – 70’s Americana vibes abound

November 25, 2024 0

70’s vibes abound on Forty Elephant Gang’s new single ‘Evergreen‘. The East London Americana group consists of Andrew White on lead vocals and guitar, Sean Mannion on mandolin and backing vocals and James Bachmann on [...]
Video Premiere: Rebecca Aadland “Stuck in Yesterday”

November 25, 2024 0

Rebecca Aadland’s latest single is on a theme many will associate with. Her thoughtful lyrics throughout “Stuck in Yesterday” reflect on the need to move on and she delivers her words in an emotion-packed vocal [...]
Something for the weekend: Them Coulee Boys “I Am Not Sad”

November 22, 2024 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader, a week in which it’s been good to see on a couple of occasions that justice is occasionally served. We leave you with the closing [...]
Track Premiere: Diane Coll “All Is Well”

November 22, 2024 0

‘All Is Well‘ is the final song on Diane Coll’s latest album, her fourth release, entitled ‘Up From The Mud,’ which will be out on January 7th 2025. The album follows a path through a [...]

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