Peter Bruntnell

Americana UK’s Top 20 albums of 2024: 10-1

December 20, 2024 Mark Whitfield 7

Yesterday we counted down numbers 20-11 in our top albums of 2024 and noted that we’ve been sent so much that it’s often difficult to keep up but that 2024 undoubtedly contained future classics which people […]

Interview: Peter Bruntnell on the bouzouki, Vancouver, Ringo, The Cousins, NFB and Houdini

December 12, 2024 Dean Nardi 2

It must be noted that the word “sublime” can never be used enough. If there were any justice in the music world, Peter Bruntnell would be selling records by the pound, although the so-called cult hero’s […]

The Americana Spirit of 24: Tim Martin

December 11, 2024 Tim Martin 0

From genre stretching to jangle, by way of Portsmouth, AUK’s Books Editor Tim Martin shared his pick of the Americana crop for 2024. I read back over my 2023 review of the year to remind myself […]

Peter Bruntnell “Houdini and The Sucker Punch”

October 17, 2024 Paul Kerr 4

Peter Bruntnell returns to the fray with an album which ranks amongst his best. Peter Bruntnell’s latest album finds him returning to a full band lineup after his foray into a more introspective landscape on “Journey […]

More People Should Really Know About: Small Town Jones

October 16, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

Proudly hailing from Braunton in Devon Jim Jones has been ploughing a particular furrow for the last twenty years or so and despite widespread acclaim (Radio 2 airplay and 4* reviews in Q and Mojo magazines) […]

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Mount Moriah - Live at Local 506
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Palm Sunday - Wishful Thinking EP
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RIP Mike Westbrook
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My First Record Player
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The Replacements - Don’t Tell a Soul
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@joe-nathan Let's hope they issue a live album from the...
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Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
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@martinjohnson I caught them on the fourth date of the ...
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Jim Lauderdale and The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys “The Birds Know”

April 14, 2026 0

Superb collaboration from an americana legend and bluegrass torchbearers. Well, where to start with Jim Lauderdale? The man is so prolific that the virtual ink on the review of his last album, Country Super Hits Volume […]

Ian Prowse announces 12th album and extensive tour dates

April 14, 2026 0

Merseyside’s Ian Prowse has announced his brand-new album, No Names, will be released on 3rd July 2026 via Learpholl Music. Featuring special guests Elvis Costello, Steve Wickham, Damien Dempsey and Prowse’s 14-year-old daughter Rosalita, No Names […]

Tenderness “True”

April 14, 2026 0

Tenderness’s debut is a sweet blend of the musical and emotional themes of love and loss. Tenderness is the nom de scene for the solo project of Katy Beth Young, formerly and maybe currently of Peggy […]

Americana UK’s Top 20 albums of 2024: 10-1

Interview: Peter Bruntnell on the bouzouki, Vancouver, Ringo, The Cousins, NFB and Houdini

The Americana Spirit of 24: Tim Martin

Peter Bruntnell “Houdini and The Sucker Punch”

More People Should Really Know About: Small Town Jones

Jim Lauderdale and The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys “The Birds Know”

Ian Prowse announces 12th album and extensive tour dates

Tenderness “True”

Bluegrass Briefs: Unspoken Tradition, Square Peg, Big Richard, New Valley String Band

Ruth Eliza “While The Light Shines”