My Girl The River

My Girl The River “Information Highway” – let’s head off grid…

November 21, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

This is the latest, just released, single from Americana UK regulars My Girl The River – of whom we’d hope you’re familiar by now. But if not – the band is fronted by UK based Louisiana […]

Exclusive AUK Black Deer Backstage Video: My Girl The River

July 10, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

The Black Deer Festival 2023 was, as ever, an escape into a fantastic world of music and American culture. There are still a few Super Early Bird tickets left for 2024 here. The range of acts across […]

Track Premiere: My Girl The River “Solitaire”

September 28, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

My Girl The River are the perfect example of Americana that is also UK – fronted by the now UK based Louisiana native Kris Wilkinson on vocals and acoustic guitar the band consists of her partner […]

Interview: Kris Wilkinson Hughes on The ARC Tour with Kate Ellis and Anna Howie

May 10, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

Born in Louisiana but semi-Anglicised by over twenty years in the UK, the epitome of Americana UK. If you were looking for a typical Americana UK artist then you would be hard pushed to find a […]

Jake Bugg announced as latest act joining Black Deer Festival 2022

November 25, 2021 Emily Dongray 0

Black Deer Festival organisers have announced more acts for their three-day festival. The event will return to Erridge Park, Kent, in June 2022 after two pandemic-related postponements. New additions to the 2022 lineup include: Pokey LaFarge, […]

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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 […]

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