Features
The Americana Spirit of 24: Peter Thompson
AUK writers look back at the last 12 months in americana, starting with our staff writer Peter Thompson. Is it that time already? The year has simply flown by – I feel like I’m still waiting […]
Emily Barker
Interviews
Interview: Emily Barker on “Fragile as Humans”
Bringing a more contemporary songwriter feel to americana and folk. It is four years since Emily Barker released “A Dark Murmuration” of words, and her new album “Fragile as Humans” is the chance listeners have had […]
Album Reviews
Emily Barker “Fragile As Humans”
Emily Barker returns with an album which encapsulates the human condition with style and empathy. While it’s true that we humans are quite fragile (see Covid) we’re also quite resilient and it’s to that resilience that […]
Tracks
Something for the long weekend: Emily Barker “With Small We Start”
Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. A shout out to Irish artists Elaine Mai, MayKay, and Faye O’Rourke who have collaborated on a new charity single ‘We Are’ alongside Rand, Rwand, Reem, […]
Live Reviews
Live Review: South By Southwest Festival 2024, Austin, Texas
In my twenty years attending South by Southwest, Chuck Prophet and The Mission Express have been there for half of them. Even when they are not going to be in town during the week of the […]