Ian Roland & the Subtown Set

Video Premiere: Ian Roland & The Subtown Set “Songbirds”

May 26, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

This is music to enhance and lift the soul. It is contemporary folk that revels in the wonder of the natural world and pausing to absorb the moment. It feels important to celebrate that now. There […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Ian Roland & The Subtown Set

March 25, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

We continue our mission, dear reader, to delight and entrance you with exclusive performances from great artists. Gigs and festivals have been cancelled all around us, stealing away those precious opportunities to share musical and social […]

Video Premiere: Ian Roland & the Subtown Set “Butterfly”

January 31, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Beautifully sung and beautifully played, this is the new video from Ian Roland & the Subtown Set, taken from forthcoming album ‘Double Rainbow’, which will drop on 28th February. Roland says the song is about the […]

Something for the weekend: Shania Twain featuring the Milk Carton Kids “Who Do You Love”

October 9, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week, a week which has felt like a cloud has been hanging over our americana community if we’re being honest for obvious reasons. Don’t forget we still have some […]

The Texas Headhunters “Rise and Shine”

October 9, 2026 0

A heads-down, no-nonsense, sprightly mess of blues. The Texas Headhunters are a three-headed guitar Methuselah consisting of Jesse Dayton, Ian Moore, and Johnny Moeller; coming from road-hardened backgrounds playing in clubs and bars, the outcome is […]

Nanci Griffith at Cambridge Folk Festival - 29th July 2007

Classic Clips: Nanci Griffith “The Flyer” – Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, 2002

October 9, 2026 1

In the long and storied career of the late, great Nanci Griffith, a musical legacy has been left behind that will, in years to come, surely stand the test of time just as much as it […]