Aoife O’Donovan

Live Review: Aoife O’Donovan with the Guildhall Session Orchestra, The Barbican, London – 18th June 2024

July 8, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

One cannot but reflect that Aoife O’Donovan likes to do things at either end of a musical spectrum – having recently been performing her version of Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska‘ in a solo acoustic show – she has […]

Our new supporters playlist comes out today – Win a pair of tickets to see Fanny Lumsden on tour

July 5, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0

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 Decemberists, Jason McNiff, Seasick Steve, Ana Egge and […]

Video: Aoife O’Donovan “All My Friends”

June 13, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

We continue our video-celebration of our summer of festivals with a recent single from the great Aoife O’Donovan, who is performing at Cambridge Folk Festival on Saturday 27th July 2024. Get your tickets here and you’ll be […]

Our new supporters playlist comes out today – Win a pair of weekend tickets for the 2024 Cambridge Folk Festival!

June 7, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0

As those of you who have been around these parts for a while will know, AUK supporters get entered into a draw each month where they can win vinyl, books or tickets to gigs, but we’re […]

Interview: Aoife O’Donovan on “All My Friends” coming to the Barbican

June 4, 2024 Martin Johnson 0

Folk music is music for the people and is the best genre fit for an eclectic artist. Aoife O’Donovan’s latest album ‘All My Friends’ is a celebration of America’s 19th Amendment and the history of women’s […]

Robert Plant to receive Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award

July 27, 2026 0

The Americana Music Association has announced that singer, songwriter and musical trailblazer Robert Plant will receive the Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award during the 25th Annual Americana Honours & Awards, taking place on 16th September 2026, at […]

Cover art for Tucker Zimmerman album "Dream Me A Dream"

Tucker Zimmerman “Dream Me A Dream”

July 27, 2026 0

Posthumous studio album from literate Californian singer-songwriter turns dreams into songs, providing a fitting epitaph for one of life’s truly great maverick artists. The sub-zero temperatures that covered the bulk of the UK during the first […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 241 “Back in the swim”

July 27, 2026 0

Several years ago, while still teaching, my morning routine took me to the local swimming pool at six thirty every morning, where I would pull on some awful budgie smugglers and swim a kilometre at a […]

Live Review: Aoife O’Donovan with the Guildhall Session Orchestra, The Barbican, London – 18th June 2024

Our new supporters playlist comes out today – Win a pair of tickets to see Fanny Lumsden on tour

Video: Aoife O’Donovan “All My Friends”

Our new supporters playlist comes out today – Win a pair of weekend tickets for the 2024 Cambridge Folk Festival!

Interview: Aoife O’Donovan on “All My Friends” coming to the Barbican

Robert Plant to receive Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award

Tucker Zimmerman “Dream Me A Dream”

Sounds from beyond the Shed 241 “Back in the swim”

Morton Valence “So Far Away” – all the distance inbetween

Video: James White & The Wild Fire “The Girl From Fort Worth” – peace on the other side