Ian Noe

Live performances and cool albums: Clint West’s 2022 americana highlights

December 22, 2022 Clint West 2

AUK Features Editor Clint West reflects on his personal americana year. While it was nice to get back to regular gig-going in 2022 it was also frustrating that it was often slow to get going again. […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 59

June 14, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0

Half term been and gone. So it came and went in a flash and left a nasty sting in the tail, but while it lasted half term was a thing of joy. Most of it spent […]

Live review: Ian Noe, Lafayette, London – 30th May 2022

June 8, 2022 KC Vines 0

Nestled below corporate buildings and next door to Google’s HQ sits Lafayette, a new stripped-back venue. On a wet Tuesday it’s mobbed, the folks from these parts desperate for unadorned tales of small-town Kentucky: of gravel […]

Interview: Ian Noe on how Kentucky gave him a universal view of the world

April 19, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

Why John Prine and the concept album are key influences. Kentuckian Ian Noe has just released his second album, ‘River Fools & Mountain Saints’, which builds on the success of his 2019 debut, ‘Between The Country’. […]

Ian Noe “River Fools & Mountain Saints”

April 1, 2022 Keith Hughes 0

A fantastic if bleak portrayal of life and times in rural Appalachia. This is the follow up record to Noe’s debut ‘Between The Country’ and was recorded over a two year period on reel-to-reel tapes and […]