The Low Anthem

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Tim Newby

February 24, 2022 Tim Newby 2

For me the beauty of americana music over the last two-decades has been the way the original palette laid out by the forefathers of this music Dylan, the Dead, the Band, Hartford, and the modern forefathers, […]

A Night to Remember – End of the Road Festival 2010, Saturday afternoon Garden Stage

March 30, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 0

No sooner have we created a format than troublesome writers begin to undermine and twist the brief. This night to remember was no night at all but a glorious, sun-splashed, hazy afternoon at the fag end […]

The top 10 Americana music videos

April 24, 2020 Keith Hargreaves 2

Creating videos to accompany releases has long been the norm in the music business and our particular field of interest, although not generally burdened with the cliche of mainstream releases is still prone to taking the […]

Songs for the apocalypse: The Low Anthem “To Ohio”

June 19, 2019 Mark Whitfield 1

It was about 10 years ago that I first came across Rhode Island’s Low Anthem in a soggy field (well, garden) in Wiltshire when they played one of their famous End of the Road performances, and […]

The Low Anthem announce UK tour dates, new single – Listen

February 21, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

As we hinted last week, the Low Anthem’s return might not be what you’re expecting. Inspired by a van crash and years holed up restoring and experimenting in an old theatre in Rhode Island, it’s an elegiac […]

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@paul-villers Those versions keep coming
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The Lone Bellow - The Lone Bellow (vinyl)
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For The Sake Of The Song: Joni Mitchell “Woodstock”

May 11, 2026 0

The Woodstock festival held in 1969 at Yasgur’s farm, Bethel, New York, is one of those truly emblematic moments in the history of contemporary music, and indeed in the birth of americana. And of course it’s […]

I’m Kingfisher “Give Up Together”

May 11, 2026 0

Nordic americana with a slightly heavier tinge. I’m Kingfisher is the alter ego of Swedish singer-songwriter Thomas Jonsson. Give Up Together is his sixth album under that guise and comes three years after his last release, […]

AUK Mini-Gigs

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Igloo Hearts

May 11, 2026 0

Igloo Hearts are James and Katie MacGregor, a married folk-pop duo from North Wales. For our next AUK mini-gig, they kindly agreed to share some of their latest songs with our readers and viewers. Since appearing […]

Interviews

Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

May 5, 2026 0

Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

April 28, 2026 0

Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]

Interviews

Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

April 27, 2026 0

David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

Interviews

Interview: Rodney Crowell

July 31, 2017 0

Houston-born singer-songwriter and longtime Nashville resident Rodney Crowell continues to lift his game as a songwriter, and his latest album ‘Close Ties’ (New West) qualifies as the most honest set of work he has ever done. […]

Album Reviews

WC Beck “Facecomber”

October 25, 2024 0

Ten contemplative songs from the much-travelled Brooklyn singer-songwriter WC Beck is an itinerant singer/songwriter originally from Kansas who calls Brooklyn, NY home after long stints in Portland and Paris. While living in Portland, Beck made a […]

Tracks

P.D. Liddle “You Shouldn’t Have Called” – Listen

April 9, 2018 0

Previously Peter Liddle was the frontman of East London folk-rock band Dry the River. After almost a decade of making music, including a pair of album releases, the band decided to call it a day in […]

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Tim Newby

A Night to Remember – End of the Road Festival 2010, Saturday afternoon Garden Stage

The top 10 Americana music videos

Songs for the apocalypse: The Low Anthem “To Ohio”

The Low Anthem announce UK tour dates, new single – Listen

For The Sake Of The Song: Joni Mitchell “Woodstock”

I’m Kingfisher “Give Up Together”

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Igloo Hearts

The Krickets “If You Only Knew”

Sounds from beyond the Shed 230 “Travel – a necessary luxury”