Patterson Hood

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 […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 207 “Karma”

November 10, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

Welcome to the now regular slot of Monday, same old nonsense, just a new day. What’s not to like? Funny thing, Karma. I’ve never been particularly superstitious, but today I found myself caught up in a […]

Patterson Hood “Scott’s Sister” – sibling rivalry

October 27, 2025 Jonathan Aird 1

The latest single from Drive By Truckers co-founder Patterson Hood is taken from the solo album “Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams” and is a song that he describes as coming from “The Family Mythology,” a vein […]

Edition number 3 of our AUK Weekly Podcast is now live with Patterson Hood interview

October 20, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 4

Well we’re on to week three already of our new AUK podcast and this week’s is a Patterson Hood special. On the eve of his visit to these shores, the podcast is built around a pair […]

Shonna Tucker from Drive By Truckers show at 9.30Club, Washington, DC July 23, 2010

Classic Clips: Shonna Tucker (Drive-By Truckers) “Where’s Eddie” – Live Acoustic, 18th January 2011

July 25, 2025 Andrew Raw 0

I am a huge fan of the passionate and heartbreaking white soul of Eddie Hinton, having been introduced to him by the Drive-By Truckers’ two cover versions of his songs on their “Go-Go Boots” album. The […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Samantha Crain Songs

August 6, 2026 0

March, 2026, walking down Islington High Street in the rain, heading for the hallowed Union Chapel, the anticipation of seeing Samantha Crain live was palpable. Too many years had gone by since a summer night at […]

Bird “Held Here Together”

August 6, 2026 0

Atmospheric strings build a soundscape from folk and psych to support excellent songs. Singer-Songwriter Bird, otherwise known as Janie Price, has released a new full-length album. Held Here Together is made up of her two recent […]

Live Review: Joshua Ray Walker + Malin Pettersen, The Lower Third, London – 28th July 2026

August 6, 2026 0

It was a hot night in the West End, but thankfully the air conditioning was cool at Denmark Street’s Lower Third. This was Joshua Ray Walker’s first show in London since recovering from stage 3 bowel […]

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

Sounds from beyond the Shed 207 “Karma”

Patterson Hood “Scott’s Sister” – sibling rivalry

Edition number 3 of our AUK Weekly Podcast is now live with Patterson Hood interview

Classic Clips: Shonna Tucker (Drive-By Truckers) “Where’s Eddie” – Live Acoustic, 18th January 2011

Essentials: The Top 10 Samantha Crain Songs

Bird “Held Here Together”

Live Review: Joshua Ray Walker + Malin Pettersen, The Lower Third, London – 28th July 2026

Phil Odgers & John Kettle “The War is Over – The Songs of Phil Ochs Vol 2”

Freddy Trujillo takes flight with his fifth solo album