Tracks
Folk Tracks Roundup – October 2025
Well, here we are, well into Autumn now and more than ready for another roundup of the happening sounds in the folk world that – hopefully – will appeal to you, the engaged readership of Americana […]
Sandy Denny
Columns
Sounds from beyond the Shed 168 “Another one done”
Thanks for reading and another brilliant year of music. I’ve been writing for this site for a while now, as evidenced by Paul Kerr’s brilliant AUK Back Pages series, which I highly recommend as some holiday […]
Essentials
Essentials: The Top Ten Buddy Holly Americana Covers
It is a testament to his lasting influence and the fact that his songs have entered mainstream culture that Charles Hardin Holley, also known as Buddy Holly, is still a pervading musical presence 65 years after […]
News
Sandy Denny solo – reissue series now complete
What can be said about Sandy Denny that hasn’t been said before? One of the shapers of English Folk-Rock through Fairport Convention and Fotheringay; the only female vocalist on a Led Zepplin album; a songwriter immortalised […]
Interviews
Interview: Fairport Convention’s Dave Pegg on the band’s first 55 years and the ukulele bass
He may be only the bass player but he has helped create the British folk rock genre. Fairport Convention may have defined British folk rock but their mix of traditional music with the sounds associated with […]