Richard Thompson

What should I do, Americana UK?

September 9, 2021 Jonathan Aird 1

It was starting to seem that, against all expectations, we’d actually managed to solve all the problems of the world through music. The tumbleweeds were blowing gently past the door to the advice office, and a […]

Teddy Thompson and Jenni Muldaur “Teddy & Jenni do George & Tammy: A Tribute to the Duets of George Jones and Tammy Wynette”

September 6, 2021 Emily Dongray 0

A couple of EPs honouring country couples by a couple of children born of famous couples! Teddy Thompson and Jenni Muldaur. Both children of famous folk duos and both accomplished musicians in their own right are […]

Interview: Son Volt’s Jay Farrar on new record “Electro Melodica”

August 10, 2021 Martin Johnson 0

Back to the ‘40s and ‘50s for old amps and space adventures. Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt have contributed significantly to the development of Americana, and the common denominator is singer-songwriter and guitarist Jay Farrar. Son […]

Book Review – Richard Thompson “Beeswing”

April 7, 2021 Rick Bayles 0

A quietly reflective memoir from the Dawn of Folk-Rock. I think it would be fair to say that this is the book many Richard Thompson fans have been waiting for. Patrick Humphries’ authorised biography, ‘Strange Affair’, […]

Richard Thompson “Gethsemane” – Listen

April 1, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

What? A song from 2003’s ‘The Old Kit Bag‘? Well, kind of – this is the acoustic version from ‘Acoustic Classics II.‘ What’s that about? Well – this suitably dark, paranoid and apocalyptic song is here […]

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Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

March 23, 2026 0

Dead Goat has announced the release of their first album, which is self-titled and comes out this Friday (26th March) via AV8 Records. Who are they, you ask? Well, individually, they are each accomplished artists in […]

Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

March 23, 2026 0

Superb fourth from Canadian song thrush. Mud Blood Bone is Cat Clyde’s fourth album and arrives just over four years since its predecessor, Down Rounder. In between times, Clyde released a live album, Live At Rare […]

For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

March 23, 2026 0

Marah is at their best when singing about lonely urban streets where bums warm their hands around trash fires in rusty 50-gallon cans, transvestite prostitutes wrap their feather boas a little tighter against an unforgiving 4:00 […]

Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0

Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]

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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2

While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

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Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

March 4, 2026 2

At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

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Watch NPR Music ‘Americana Alphabet’ Peformances

November 2, 2016 0

Some amazing clips here if you have time to watch. NPR.org reports: “During AmericanaFest last month, NPR Music’s Ann Powers and contributor Jewly Hight got together with musicians at Nashville’s historic Union Station Hotel for a […]

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Something for the weekend: Trevor Sensor “Chiron, Galactus”

June 6, 2025 1

Well that’s it from us for another week – if you’re an AUK supporter, your playlist will be with you at 5pm! We leave you dear reader with a song from Midwest singer-songwriter Trevor Sensor which […]

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AUK Chain Gang: Forest for the Trees “Dream”

January 9, 2023 2

So how to follow Martin Stephenson and the Daintees? Well… and this is a bit of a left-turn genre-wise, but stick with me. Let’s take the name Stephenson and follow it. I’m suggesting Karl Stephenson, producer […]

What should I do, Americana UK?

Teddy Thompson and Jenni Muldaur “Teddy & Jenni do George & Tammy: A Tribute to the Duets of George Jones and Tammy Wynette”

Interview: Son Volt’s Jay Farrar on new record “Electro Melodica”

Book Review – Richard Thompson “Beeswing”

Richard Thompson “Gethsemane” – Listen

Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

Elgin and the Marbles “The Sun Never Sets”

Jack Studer “Falling Forward”