Ferris & Sylvester

Live Review: Ferris & Sylvester + Oli McCracken, Spiritual Bar, London – 27th May 2025

June 11, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

Regular AUK readers will already be familiar with Ferris & Sylvester and their distinctive blend of blues, folk and Americana. Having won multiple awards, including UK Album Of The Year at the UK Americana Awards 2023 […]

Video Review of the Year 2024

December 12, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

Here we are again, hurtling towards another Christmas and another year. Time flies when we’re having fun, so 2024 must have been a good one. An election in the UK gave me some hope. An election […]

Review – Black Deer Festival 2024: Guaranteed musical brilliance

July 8, 2024 Andrew Frolish 3

In June, Black Deer Festival returned for its fifth edition although it feels as though it has been around forever. It has quickly become synonymous with the very best of Americana, finding an enticing balance between […]

Video: Jack Francis “Failure”

March 15, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

Jack Francis is an outstanding songwriter and this new single, ‘Failure’, is well-crafted, timeless music in the vein of Courtney Marie Andrews. Francis delivers direct, disarming lyrics with wit, compelling melody, upbeat rhythms and engaging sonic […]

Exclusive AUK Backstage Video: Ferris & Sylvester

February 29, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

Here’s something special for you, dear reader. One of the finest acts in the UK today are husband-and-wife duo Ferris & Sylvester and we’re delighted to share an exclusive video recorded for AUK backstage, before their […]

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

August 5, 2026 1

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 […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers