James Elkington

Jake Xerxes Fussell and James Elkington team up for first soundtrack

September 26, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Songwriters Jake Xerxes Fussell and James Elkington have collaborated on their first original film score for “Rebuilding”, the new feature film written and directed by Max Walker-Silverman. The film, which stars Josh O’Connor, Lily LaTorre, Meghann […]

Steve Gunn emerges into the Daylight with a new album and tour

September 10, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

Steve Gunn has been at the vanguard of American experimental / guitar-oriented rock music for over a decade. After a trio of acclaimed albums recorded for Matador, Gunn will release his 7th studio record – and […]

New album and tour dates announced from Jake Xerxes Fussell

April 19, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Singer, guitarist, and folk music interpreter Jake Xerxes Fussell has announced his new album, ‘When I’m Called’. It’s his debut for Fat Possum and is out on 12th July alongside its lead single, ‘Going To Georgia’. […]

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Emily Dongray

May 5, 2022 Emily Dongray 1

Writing this list was tricky. Thinking about music in terms of its release date is all well and good, but I tend to think of things as before and after 1980, not 2000. In fact, that’s […]

James Elkington “Ever-Roving Eye” (Paradise of Bachelors, 2020)

April 28, 2020 Emily Dongray 0

First of all, there must be apologies, as this review is late. However, this delay comes from Americana UK doing such a rare album justice. James Elkington crossed the pond in 2000, taking his guitar and […]

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Cover art for Tom Piazza book "Living In The Present With John Prine"

Book Review: Tom Piazza “Living In The Present With John Prine”

May 8, 2026 0

During the opening lines of the foreword to Tom Piazza’s latest book, Living In The Present With John Prine, the widow of one of the finest songwriters of his generation, Fiona Prine, describes how her late […]

Classic Clips: Billy Bragg, Hank Wangford and Brendan Croker “Sin City” – Live on the Whistle Test, Rock Around the Clock, 21st September 1986

May 8, 2026 1

The Old Grey Whistle Test (which in its final years was abbreviated to the Whistle Test) was commissioned by David Attenborough and ran from 1971 to 1988. Broadcast annually on BBC Two between 1984 and 1986, […]

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