Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra

Americana UK’s top albums of 2022 – the rest of the best

December 22, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

Over the last few days we’ve been counting down our top 10 albums of 2022 which concluded yesterday with Bonny Light Horseman and The Delines holding our top two places. In the process of coming up […]

Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra kick off UK tour next week

October 3, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Newcastle-based genre-hopping roots quintet Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra, who Uncut described as “evoking the spirit of Bob Wills and Django Reinhardt” will be setting off on a UK tour next week which runs […]

Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra “Eta Carinae” (Tea Pad Recordings, 2019)

September 30, 2019 Tim Martin 1

Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra describe themselves as a genre-hopping roots quintet from Newcastle. Their new EP, named after a star system, certainly covers a fair bit of ground. Opener ‘Swinging Like a Brick‘ […]

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This week sees Keith talking to one of his heroes, the journalist Allan Jones, once editor of Melody Maker and founder of UNCUT magazine, now a gentleman of the arts and letters whose tastes still exert […]

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Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra

Americana UK’s top albums of 2022 – the rest of the best

Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra kick off UK tour next week

Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra “Eta Carinae” (Tea Pad Recordings, 2019)

The Latest AUK Podcast is now available featuring UNCUT legend Allan Jones on all things Americana and beyond

Live Review: Brown Horse + Elanor Moss, St Stephen’s Church, Ipswich – 18th April 2026

Bob Wagner “Richest Man On Earth” – doesn’t turn out so well

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