Lilly Hiatt

Horsebath band at the end of their set at the Take Root festival on the Foyer stage

Live Review: Take Root Festival 2025, De Oosterpoort Groningen – 1st November 2025

November 10, 2025 NickBarber 1

Long a mainstay of the European americana festival scene, once again, Take Root Festival took over the six stages of the De Oosterpoort complex in Groningen, the Netherlands. The building itself is a multi-room/multi-space cultural centre […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Lilly Hiatt “The Night David Bowie Died”

September 8, 2025 Andrew Raw 0

I just love this song by Lilly Hiatt, with its great tunes, rousing sing-along chorus, and powerful, moving words. The trick of using a historical event, Bowie’s death, to wrap the song around works well to […]

Something for the weekend: Lilly Hiatt “Bean”

September 10, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

That’s it from us for another week dear reader, and we leave you news of a new full-length album from Lilly Hiatt which will be released this autumn, on October 15th to be precise. ‘Lately’ was […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Lilly Hiatt “Walking Proof”

February 8, 2021 Lyndon Bolton 0

Seeking a link from John Hiatt offers many directions. But let’s not go too far, follow the great man’s advice to ‘Bring The Family’, and extend the connection to his daughter Lilly. With four solo albums […]

Lilly Hiatt “Walking Proof” (New West, 2020)

April 22, 2020 Martin Johnson 0

It can be surprisingly difficult to establish a long-term career as a musician if you have a parent who is also a successful musician. Obviously you get first hand knowledge of the music industry, and you […]

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Video Premiere: Bob Sumner “Baby I Know”

May 14, 2026 0

We’re delighted to premiere the latest video from Canadian singer-songwriter Bob Sumner. Baby I Know is a typically melodic, country-infused ballad that showcases Sumner’s outstanding voice. Smooth and resonant, sweetly melancholic, rising high before dipping low […]

Behind the Songs: Thin Lear

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The songs on Thin Lear’s sophomore album Many Disappeared are tied to each other not in their locale or their cast of characters, but instead in strange tragedies that have taken place, some many years ago. Current […]

Artwork for Yarn album “Saturday Night Sermon”

Yarn “Saturday Night Sermon”

May 13, 2026 0

Enjoyable southern rock release with lyrics that focus on the positive. Formed in Brooklyn at the end of 2006, but now based in North Carolina, Yarn tend to lean towards the southern rock element of americana. […]

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Interviews

Interview: Judy Collins doesn’t look back, she looks forward

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Interviews

Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

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Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]

Tracks

Emily Barker and Frank Turner “Bound for Home” – Listen

May 19, 2021 0

Long time friends and collaborators Emily Barker and Frank Turner have released a new single ‘Bound For Home’ which was written and recorded during the sessions for Barker’s ‘A Dark Murmuration of Words’ album. She explains: […]

Live Reviews

Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul, O2 Forum, Kentish Town, London, 24th May 2019

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A gig with bongo, flute, trumpet, trombone and saxophone solos, delivered in the context of a street party atmosphere, is offering something truly different. A busy and buoyant crowd packed into the O2 Forum to experience […]

Album Reviews

Mia Kelly “To Be Clear”

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‘To Be Clear’ is C’est le fun! (“it’s awesome” in French Canadian) Sometimes, it all comes together. As is the case for Mia Kelly’s second album, ‘To Be Clear’. The lyrics are poetic and tell a […]

Live Review: Take Root Festival 2025, De Oosterpoort Groningen – 1st November 2025

For The Sake Of The Song: Lilly Hiatt “The Night David Bowie Died”

Something for the weekend: Lilly Hiatt “Bean”

AUK’s Chain Gang: Lilly Hiatt “Walking Proof”

Lilly Hiatt “Walking Proof” (New West, 2020)

Video Premiere: Bob Sumner “Baby I Know”

Behind the Songs: Thin Lear

Yarn “Saturday Night Sermon”

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