Eli West

Ten to One: Eli West makes music the world needs on “The Shape of a Sway”

October 9, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

With his “The Shape of a Sway” album (Tender and Mild Records, 2025) released, AUK asked Eli West ten questions on a variety of topics. “Making music the world needs” is a defining statement about multi-instrumentalist […]

Eli West “The Shape of a Sway”

August 6, 2025 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

A quietly fiery masterpiece of liberated and liberating bluegrass. Of all the different types of americana, bluegrass can be one of the most challenging to review – but some might say that’s an unintended consequence of […]

Eli West “Tapered Point of Stone”

May 21, 2021 Tim Newby 0

‘Tapered Point of Stone’ is a revelation and a breath of fresh air in the bluegrass world. Eli West’s approach to music, in which he imagines music architecturally and visualizing his compositions spatially, has allowed him […]

Southern Fried Festival, Perth, Scotland, 26-29th July 2018

August 8, 2018 Paul Kerr 0

Eleven years old this year Southern Fried continues to occupy its position as the best Americana and roots music festival in Scotland and perhaps the best of its kind in the UK (although there are three […]

Eli West, Lumpy Hills Adventure Playground, London, 11th May 2018

May 16, 2018 David Allen 0

Turn off the lights, unplug the speakers, and welcome to the woodchip stage one of the finest flatpicking guitarists on the Americana scene today – Eli West. On a cool and breezy evening in a secluded […]

Railcard “Unstable Neighbour” – let’s get on, ok?

August 6, 2026 0

Railcard’s new single from their debut album Two Steps At A Time, is a softly sunny power pop take on a common problem – the unreasonable person who lives next door. Tell us about it. Although […]

Video: Karl Bray “Marianne”

August 6, 2026 0

Here’s the sound of the summer; Marianne is upbeat folk from singer-songwriter Karl Bray. Featuring guitar from Paul Phillips, former member of Pooh Sticks, Marianne opens with a light strum before the song settles into its swaying […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 2

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]