Eli Gardiner

‘The Twang Factor’ presents: Eli Gardiner

November 4, 2020 Clint West 0

Welcome to this week’s ‘The Twang Factor’. We’ve enjoyed some fabulous unsung artists over the last few weeks and once again we’ve sifted through the entries to pick out another real gem. Eli Gardiner is […]

Video Premiere: Eli Gardiner “The Right and The Wrong”

August 12, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

We are very pleased to premiere the new video from Eli Gardiner. ‘The Right and The Wrong’ is the first single from Gardiner’s upcoming album, due out on 25th September. It showcases excellent guitar work, […]

Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings All The Good Times 2021

Gillian Welch “All the Good Times”

Album Reviews

March 1, 2021 0

Not the most sparkling selection of songs but well made by an established pair. This collection contains songs by Bob Dylan, John Prine, Elizabeth Cotten and Norman Blake, as well as new arrangements of traditional [...]

Artwork for Curtis McMurtry's 'Tootless Messiah'

Curtis McMurtry “Toothless Messiah”

Album Reviews

March 1, 2021 0

A mysterious, haunting and powerful album that deals with a pessimistic view on life The sinister and mysterious LP, ‘Toothless Messiah‘, from Austin resident Curtis McMurtry, is a brilliant take on dictatorship, oppression and greed, [...]

Album Reviews

Rick Shea “Love and Desperation”

February 26, 2021 0

Cali-country veteran ponders life to an accordion-driven soundtrack We Brits might call Rick Shea an Angeleno, his press might style him as a Covina singer-songwriter but when it comes down to it this, his 9th [...]

Album Reviews

Corner House “Caribou Party”

February 25, 2021 0

A fresh take on earthy old-time string music and Celtic folk from Boston quartet Corner House Corner House are a young string band quartet based in New England, with Ethan Setiawan on mandolin and mandola, [...]

Album Reviews

XIXA “Genesis”

February 24, 2021 0

A glorious trip through the dark underbelly of Tucson desert rock First off. Who on earth could resist a band who list as influences, ‘70s Spaghetti Westerns and ‘80s horror films, Edgar Allan Poe and [...]

The Unsung Heroes of Americana – Takoma Records

Features

March 1, 2021 0

We’re back with another article in our Unsung Heroes of Americana series and, this time out, Gordon Sharpe pitches in with an informative piece about an influential record label that punched well above its weight: […]

Gillian Welch “All the Good Times”

Album Reviews

March 1, 2021 0

AUK’s Chain Gang: The Carter Family “Wildwood Flower”

Columns

March 1, 2021 0

My esteemed colleague Alan Fitter set last weeks link in our long, long chain. With Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright he gave us not just sibling harmonies but parental – mother & daughter harmonies. Well, […]

Curtis McMurtry “Toothless Messiah”

Album Reviews

March 1, 2021 0

Track Premiere: Kurt Deemer Band “Rain”

News

March 1, 2021 0

The new release by the Kurt Deemer Band is unlike most Covid albums you may have heard, predominantly becuase the “band” part has not been tuned down at all. Not that we’ve anything against scratchy […]

‘The Twang Factor’ presents: Eli Gardiner

Video Premiere: Eli Gardiner “The Right and The Wrong”

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