Amelia Coburn

Live Review: Cambridge Folk Festival, Cherry Hinton Hall, Cambridge – 1st-2nd August 2026

August 26, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0

There was something wonderfully appropriate about arriving at Cherry Hinton Hall for the return of the Cambridge Folk Festival and immediately finding myself wondering what, exactly, folk music is in 2026. One of the pleasures of […]

Preview: Gate To Southwell Festival 2026 in July features The Proclaimers and Richard Thompson

May 26, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0

With only a few weeks to go until the 19th Gate To Southwell Festival, fans are looking forward to this four-day event in rural Nottinghamshire which runs from 2nd-5th July. The festival features more than 60 […]

Video: Amelia Coburn “Something Wild”

October 8, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

Alongside the news of her biggest London headline show yet, at the Royal Albert Hall on 24th October, Teeside songwriter Amelia Coburn has released a dramatic new single. Inspired by feminist writers like Angela Carter and […]

Folk Roundup – Anne Briggs, Amelia Coburn, Nate Sabat, Will Page, Martin Simpson, Niamh Bury

June 12, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

The latest edition of our roundup of Folk album mini-reviews veers away from the “fiddles with everything” of the last batch of reviews and heads very definitely into the “mixed bag of folk” direction with perhaps […]

Amelia Coburn “Sleepy Town” – rejecting the poison

March 22, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

‘Sleepy Town‘ is the third and final single from Amelia Coburn’s debut album ‘Between The Moon and The Milkman‘ which was produced by Bill Ryder-Jones released on March 8th. It’s a driven electric folk tune of […]

Promo photo for Jack Barksdale EP "Battleground"

AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – September 2026

September 23, 2026 1

It’s September already, and with it the first signs of Autumn’s “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”, inviting us to bid a fond farewell to another year of outdoor festivals culminating in last weekend’s ‘Long Road’ at […]

Artwork for Lisa Bouchelle album "Vandals Thieves and Lovers"

Lisa Bouchelle “Vandals, Thieves and Lovers”

September 23, 2026 0

Classy vocals from Lisa Bouchelle are front and centre of a fine country soul collection, featuring Amanda Shires, with some unexpected twists. It’s always a pleasure as a reviewer to discover a new top vocalist – […]

Album art for Mac Cornish album "Wayfaring Woman"

Mac Cornish “Wayfaring Woman”

September 23, 2026 0

Californian singer reminds you of the days when country music was country music, and that’s no bad thing. Mac Cornish grew up on the eastern slopes of the Santa Cruz mountains in northern California, where she […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]

Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1

As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0

Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

Tracks

Prinz Grizzley “Drifting” – Listen

May 22, 2020 0

Chris Comper looks every inch the mountain man, making his stage moniker of Prinz Grizzley quite appropriate. True, in his case the mountains are those majestic Austrian peaks, but even so there’s no doubting his Americana […]

Videos

Video Premiere: King Nobody “Three Birds”

December 16, 2020 0

Jerrold Ridenour, also-known-as King Nobody, has truly captured the sound of the desert on new single ‘Three Birds’. The combination of cigar box guitar, a strong bass line and looping beats by Saul Good give the […]

Features

Pick of the Political Pops: Big Star “Don’t Lie To Me”

November 22, 2019 0

Mirroring the country at large our own election process is in full swing as you know and the position of Editorship is up for grabs. We have had the ballot papers printed – featuring just […]