Rhiannon Giddens

Live Review: Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi, Union Chapel Islington – 11th May 2023

May 23, 2023 Martin Fisher 0

There are unarguably few more prominent figures in the world of folk, roots and americana than Rhiannon Giddens. Twenty or so minutes into tonight’s Union Chapel gig, Giddens can only take a step back to accept […]

Artwork for The Bombadils album "Dear Friend"

The Bombadils “Dear Friend”

February 9, 2023 Viv Fish 0

Richly musical. With their band name inspired by the enigmatic character Tom Bombadil from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of The Rings, The Bombadils are husband and wife Luke Fraser and Sarah Frank. After meeting whilst studying music […]

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Number 7 – Rhiannon Giddens “Freedom Highway” (2017)

October 13, 2022 Lyndon Bolton 0

On this second solo album Rhiannon Giddens realises all her potential first seen with the Carolina Chocolate Drops. By interpreting traditional songs and writing her own she shines an unforgiving light into the darkness of racial […]

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Michael Macy

September 8, 2022 Michael Macy 0

As previous AUK writers have observed, it’s very hard to pick the best 10 americana albums from the last 20 or so years. For one thing I’ve probably only heard a fraction of them, so the […]

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums Of The 21st Century: Ljubinko Zivkovic

June 16, 2022 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

How do you compile any list? Or in this specific case, how do you compile a list of the top 10 americana albums of the 21st century – a century when americana started getting more and […]