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Rab Noakes

artwork for Rob Noakes & Brooks Williams album "Should We Tell Him"
Album Reviews

Rab Noakes & Brooks Williams “Should We Tell Him”

August 18, 2023 Graeme Tait 0
An album of Don Everly songs proves a fitting tribute to the legend of the Scottish Folk scene, Rab Noakes. Rab Noakes, who died last October after a short illness, was a touchstone of the Scottish […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Jill Jackson, The Camden Club, London – 21st April 2023

May 3, 2023 David Chalfen 0
Jill Jackson has been plying her craft in the industry for over 20 years and following some recent support slots for Eddi Reader has added a tour in her own right. For a performer who has […]
News

Preview: Celtic Connections 2023 kicks off this week celebrating its 30th year

January 16, 2023 Paul Kerr 0
Celtic Connections, Glasgow’s annual folk and roots music festival, opens its doors this Thursday, 19th January, for three weeks of concerts and events. It’s the first full-fledged festival since pandemic restrictions were ended. The festival moved […]
Features

The Song Remains: Rab Noakes (1947 – 2022)

November 14, 2022 Paul Kerr 3
A proud Fifer and Trade Unionist and, also, a superb musician. Rab Noakes who died suddenly on Friday, aged 75, was a much loved and hugely admired touchstone of the Scottish music scene with a career […]
Live Reviews

Cash Back In Fife, Woodside Hotel, Aberdour, Fife, 6th – 8th March 2020

March 13, 2020 Paul Kerr 0
A new addition to the Scottish music scene, Cash Back In Fife is a weekend of music dedicated to the memory of Johnny Cash and in particular, Cash’s delight at discovering he had ancestors who had […]

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For The Sake Of The Song: Roger McGuinn “Car Phone”

Features
July 13, 2026 1

Ed Snodderly “ES Pearl Presents Baggage Flies Free”

Album Reviews
July 13, 2026 1

Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

Interviews
July 13, 2026 0
Mary Gauthier

Mary Gauthier announces new album “Reckoning”

News
July 13, 2026 0

Sounds from beyond the Shed 244 “There by the grace…”

Columns
July 13, 2026 0
Features

For The Sake Of The Song: Roger McGuinn “Car Phone”

July 13, 2026 1
Roger McGuinn has been a musical staple for as long as I can claim to have been making my own choices about what I listen to, through the Byrds and various attempts to put together three-letter […]
Album Reviews

Ed Snodderly “ES Pearl Presents Baggage Flies Free”

July 13, 2026 1
No fuss, just an album of beautifully crafted songs straight from the heart. Five decades into a career that has seen Ed Snodderly as a songwriter, performer, actor, and owner of the legendary Down Home club […]
Interviews

Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0
Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]

  • For The Sake Of The Song: Roger McGuinn “Car Phone”
  • Ed Snodderly “ES Pearl Presents Baggage Flies Free”
  • Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers
  • Mary Gauthier announces new album “Reckoning”
  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 244 “There by the grace…”
  • Kaatwalk “Open Your Eyes” – can you really not see what’s before you?
  • Video: American Aquarium “Twin Flames” (Live From Echo Mountain)
  • Something for the weekend: Keyside “Cocodamol”
  • Book review: Willy Vlautin “The Left and the Lucky”
  • Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons & Emmylou Harris ft. Jerry Douglas “The Road” – CMT Crossroads, The Factory, Franklin, Tennessee, 20th September 2012
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  • Steve Robinson: Hey Jonathan, What a fun read. Had the pleasure of singing that song with Roger many times as part of…
  • Martin Johnson: AUK had a chat with Ed a couple of years about his life in and love of music. https://americana-uk.com/interview-ed-snodderly-on-his-many-faceted-career-in-the-music-of-the-american-south
  • Martin Johnson: AUK has an interview coming up with BJ Barham in the next couple of weeks.

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Interviews

Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0
Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]
Interviews

Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 1
Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]
Interviews

Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Roots Music Festival

July 6, 2026 3
Americana UK’s Rick Bayles’ monthly column, Vox Continental, shines a light on what is happening on the americana front in Europe. In his most recent column, Rick gave the nod to the Static Roots Festival, which […]

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Tracks

Sara Rachele “Sad Song” – sorrow is my constant companion

September 16, 2022 0
Sara Rachele is not kidding when she says this is a ‘Sad Song‘, it oozes a relentlessly downbeat mood, like a spiral down into a depressive state, but laced with an attractive melancholic indulgence.  Or as […]
Videos

Video: Kate Hudson “Live Forever”

July 5, 2024 0
Better known as an acclaimed, Oscar-nominated actor, Kate Hudson also possesses an outstanding voice as showcased in recent single ‘Live Forever’.  Based around an engaging, fluent melody, Hudson’s vocal is smooth and warm with a touch […]
Tracks

Brianna Lane “Ashes In The Fog” – Listen

April 8, 2022 0
“Empires rise and then they fall / The greatest leaders lose their lives before their hearts” sings Brianna Lane on their excellent cover of a song by Mother Coyote, making it movingly just acoustic guitar and […]

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