Phil Hooley

Phil Hooley “Everything We’ll Never Need”

August 4, 2026 Andrew Raw 0

An appealing laid-back brew of blues, soul and country with gentle swing and groove. Scarborough-based Phil Hooley is the founder of the alt-country band The Woolgatherers. Everything We’ll Never Need is his third solo album after […]

Latest AUK Podcast now available featuring The Hanging Stars

June 19, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 1

Join Keith, Richard, and Patrick as they unpack the new Hanging Stars album Just A Day, which is out today. An extensive chat featuring some plein aire sounds as a distraction, but well worth a listen. […]

Track Premiere: Phil Hooley “Hope Street”

June 4, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

Today’s Americana UK first play comes from Phil Hooley’s third album Everything We’ll Ever Need which was again produced in Nashville by Justin Johnson. Phil’s vocal and guitar is handsomely supported by a host of top […]

Video: Phil Hooley “The Veteran’s Song”

December 10, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

Here’s a brilliantly melodic song from Scarborough singer-songwriter Phil Hooley. “The Veteran’s Song” wasn’t selected for inclusion on Hooley’s last album, 2023’s “Provenance” because it didn’t quite fit with the spare, acoustic nature of that collection. […]

Phil Hooley “Provenance”

May 4, 2023 Helen Jones 0

An easy confidence comes through from an artist who knows just what works with his voice and words. When it comes to his second album, Phil Hooley is very much a believer in less is more. […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 2

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers