Billy Bragg

Interview: Phillip Lammonds on “Cowboy Things”

May 7, 2024 Martin Johnson 0

Finding a voice to sing his own songs with a little help from his friends and supporters. Unless you read track and album credits carefully you may not have heard of Phillip Lammonds, but those in […]

Songs Not Bombs Vol. 2 for Gaza is out today

April 5, 2024 Mark Whitfield 1

We carried news last month of a new project in support of the children of Palestine who are going through unimaginable trauma at the moment, and the project has just released a second compilation featuring previously […]

Billy Bragg comes to the rescue with three HOPE not hate gigs – Thank your God!

March 4, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

Billy Bragg, who last year celebrated a remarkable 40 years as Britain’s favourite folk singer, songwriter and campaigner, will play some shows in support of the anti-fascist group HOPE not hate, who are themselves celebrating 20 […]

Live Review: Americana Music Association UK Awards, Hackney Church, London – 25th January 2024

February 9, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

The crowning event of the annual UK Americana Music Week (aka AmericanaFest) organised by the Americana Music Association UK (AMAUK) is the awards show, held this year at Hackney Church which marks something of a homecoming […]

The Song Remains: Wayne Kramer (1948-2024)

February 5, 2024 Martin Johnson 0

An influential guitarist with rare integrity who made a tangible difference. Activist, film music composer, guitarist, proto-punk and MC5 founder Wayne Kramer died on the 2nd February 2024 from pancreatic cancer. At first glance, not many […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Mount Moriah - Live at Local 506
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Palm Sunday - Wishful Thinking EP
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RIP Mike Westbrook
Not for AUK per se, but British jazz legend Mike Westbr...
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Just finished A Cure for Gravity by Joe Jackson, really...
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My First Record Player
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The Replacements - Don’t Tell a Soul
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@joe-nathan Let's hope they issue a live album from the...
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Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
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@martinjohnson I caught them on the fourth date of the ...
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Jim Lauderdale and The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys “The Birds Know”

April 14, 2026 0

Superb collaboration from an americana legend and bluegrass torchbearers. Well, where to start with Jim Lauderdale? The man is so prolific that the virtual ink on the review of his last album, Country Super Hits Volume […]

Ian Prowse announces 12th album and extensive tour dates

April 14, 2026 0

Merseyside’s Ian Prowse has announced his brand-new album, No Names, will be released on 3rd July 2026 via Learpholl Music. Featuring special guests Elvis Costello, Steve Wickham, Damien Dempsey and Prowse’s 14-year-old daughter Rosalita, No Names […]

Tenderness “True”

April 14, 2026 0

Tenderness’s debut is a sweet blend of the musical and emotional themes of love and loss. Tenderness is the nom de scene for the solo project of Katy Beth Young, formerly and maybe currently of Peggy […]

Interview: Phillip Lammonds on “Cowboy Things”

Songs Not Bombs Vol. 2 for Gaza is out today

Billy Bragg comes to the rescue with three HOPE not hate gigs – Thank your God!

Live Review: Americana Music Association UK Awards, Hackney Church, London – 25th January 2024

The Song Remains: Wayne Kramer (1948-2024)

Jim Lauderdale and The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys “The Birds Know”

Ian Prowse announces 12th album and extensive tour dates

Tenderness “True”

Bluegrass Briefs: Unspoken Tradition, Square Peg, Big Richard, New Valley String Band

Ruth Eliza “While The Light Shines”