Steve Earle

Ray Wylie Hubbard “Hellbent For Leather” – Adios Hollywood sign

February 24, 2022 Jonathan Aird 1

And what do you do when you’ve made a well received album with a bunch of friends? Well, as Ray Wylie Hubbard quickly realised you could do that again. And so the new album ‘Co-Starring Too’ […]

Video: Danny Burns & Steve Earle “Mercenary Song”

January 24, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

Here is a brilliant, upbeat, foot-tapping song from Danny Burns. It’s taken from his 2021 EP ‘Hurricane’ which featured a host of outstanding artists, including Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas and Sarah Jarosz. For ‘Mercenary Song’, Burns […]

Various Artists “Highway Butterfly: The Songs Of Neal Casal”

November 15, 2021 Paul Kerr 0

A wonderful and lovingly compiled tribute to the late Neal Casal. Neal Casal’s death, by his own hand, in 2019, reverberated throughout the musical community which Americana UK inhabits. Never a household name, never lauded with […]

AUK’s Chain Gang : Steve Earle “CCKMP (Cocaine Cannot Kill My Pain)”

November 1, 2021 Paul Kerr 0

In last week’s Chain Gang we had Johnny Cash cavorting and killing around the wild west and, at the end of his song, ‘Cocaine Blues’, advising the listener to “lay off that whiskey and let that […]

Diana Jones returns to UK to tour ‘A Song for a Refugee’

October 6, 2021 Emily Dongray 1

Nashville singer-songwriter Diana Jones has announced a second UK tour for the album ‘Song to a Refugee‘ that came out last year on Proper Records. The illness-prompted album explored the plight of refugee mothers in the […]

Something for the long weekend: Dolly Parton “Here I Am”

August 28, 2026 2

Well that’s it from us for this week, and what a sad week it’s been for not just the americana and country communities but for, well human decency. Plaudits can be cloying when someone moves on […]

Chris Murphy “Songs From the Trees”

August 28, 2026 0

A strong storytelling album, highlighted by good songs, exemplary playing and a fascinating soundscape. Chris Murphy was born into an Irish-Italian family in New York, growing up surrounded by a wide range of traditional music such […]

Classic Clips: Poco “High And Dry” – The Midnight Special, 1975

August 28, 2026 4

On January 24, 1975, Poco appeared on The Midnight Special, the popular late-night musical variety show that ran during the 1970’s. One of the six songs they performed that evening was High and Dry, an energetic […]