Malin Pettersen

Live Review: UK Americana Music Week – AMAUK UK Showcases, Hackney Venues, 22nd January 2025

February 14, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

And here we were, back again, for another night of mad dashing about to hear the maximum amount of music possible from the various Showcases across the five venues in Hackney Central that provide a home […]

Jingle Bells Friday – only twenty four sleeps to go

December 1, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Oh no – it’s actually December! How did that happen? Well, the same way that it always happens – Christmas and the annual festivities around a week off from Americana UK always seems so far away. […]

Live Review: Static Roots Festival, Oberhausen, Germany – 7th-8th July 2023

July 20, 2023 Peter Feldon 4

Euro-Americana lives – in Germany! Fans came from many countries in Europe to enjoy this mini festival, with a great line-up of performers. You will want to know a little bit a about the artists that […]

Interview: AUK talks to Static Roots organiser Dietmar Leibecke as he gears up for this year’s festival

June 22, 2023 Ken Beveridge 1

We make no apologies for alerting you, dear readers, to the delights to be found at Static Roots, the small but perfectly formed two-day festival of Americana roots music which is held annually in Oberhausen, a […]

Live Review: UK Americana Music Week. AMAUK UK Showcases, Hackney Venues, 24th & 25th January 2023

February 8, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

The annual AmericanaFest Showcases organised by the AMA-UK as part of their festival is a highlight of the year. With six venues (Moth Club, Paper Dress Vintage, Night Tales, Oslo, Hackney Social and Hackney Church Brew […]

Convinced Friend “On Fire” – get the extinguishers

July 17, 2026 0

You may be wondering what a Convinced Friend is – and it’s a good question that Austin Wilson made some sense of on the debut self-titled album by the band he fronts: here were a set […]

Video: Stephen Wilson Jr. “Gary”

July 17, 2026 0

Compelling with just his guitar and low, understated storytelling voice, Stephen Wilson Jr. delivered a fine solo version of his single Gary at CMA Fest recently. The recording featured on the ABC primetime special ‘CMA Fest […]

Interview: What Taylor Bickett is shooting for

July 16, 2026 0

Nothing I Can’t Undo is such a deeply earnest, empathetic and personal album that captures exactly what a solo debut is supposed to be by introducing us, in full, to Taylor Bickett, a 20-something singer/songwriter from […]