The National

Essentials: The Top Ten Songs That Name-Drop Other Artists

July 17, 2025 Andy Short 33

It has long been a tradition in music for artists to cover their favourite songs. Some take the original to the next level, while others are straight copies; some are plain weird, and finally, there are […]

Classic Clips: The National “About Today” Germany 2008

March 1, 2024 Jonathan Aird 1

The National are not just any old americana band, they are also one of the most significant bands of the 21st century. A band of consummate musicians who wear their musical abilities lightly – showboating isn’t […]

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Jonathan Aird

April 28, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

One looks back at the last 22 years (we’re allowing 2000 as part of the 21st Century – I know, I know, I feel your pain fellow numerists) and it has to be admitted that there […]

The New Faith “Me On You” (Faith Healer Records, 2017)

November 6, 2017 David Cowling 0

Big sounding records sometimes bully me into submission and the sheer force of the music carries me along. Pete Wylie was like that, a wave of infectious exuberance, with tunes. Then there are more modern exponents […]

Springsteen, Fleet Foxes, Wilco and more pay tribute to Tom Petty – Watch

October 5, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Various tribute performances coming in for Tom Petty this week. Firstly RS report that Bruce Springsteen opened his debut performance of Springsteen on Broadway with a tribute to Petty: “The singer-songwriter dedicated the first of his […]

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Behind the Songs: Thin Lear

May 13, 2026 0

The songs on Thin Lear’s sophomore album Many Disappeared are tied to each other not in their locale or their cast of characters, but instead in strange tragedies that have taken place, some many years ago. Current […]

Artwork for Yarn album “Saturday Night Sermon”

Yarn “Saturday Night Sermon”

May 13, 2026 0

Enjoyable southern rock release with lyrics that focus on the positive. Formed in Brooklyn at the end of 2006, but now based in North Carolina, Yarn tend to lean towards the southern rock element of americana. […]

Live Review: Merry McCloud & Bruce Welch, The Bread and Roses, London – 3rd May 2026

May 13, 2026 0

The Bread and Roses is located in the heart of Clapham, London. Owned by The Battersea and Wandsworth Trade Union Council, it consists of the ground-floor pub and a theatre space above. It’s a community-oriented establishment […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Thin Lear

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Interviews

Interview: Judy Collins doesn’t look back, she looks forward

May 12, 2026 0

“My home is in New York City, on the Upper West Side,” Judy Collins said, proudly holding up a painting by her sister of cats and dogs that resembles a Monet. When I mentioned travelling up […]

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, […]

News

Tedeschi Trucks Band to issue 2015 live “Mad Dogs” show with Leon Russell and more

July 21, 2025 0

Tedeschi Trucks Band (TTB) has announced the official release of “Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited (LIVE AT LOCKN’) with Leon Russell”. Marking 10 years since the legendary tribute performance at the Virginia-based festival, the album will […]

Features

The Song Remains: Luke Bell 1990-2022

September 1, 2022 0

A keeper of the honky tonk flame playing modern country music with traditional sensibilities. Luke Bell, the neo-traditionalist honky-tonk and country music performer was found dead in Tucson, Arizona, some nine days after going missing whilst […]

Album Reviews

Butch Walker “Stay Gold” (Lojinx, 2016)

January 13, 2017 0

This is Butch Walker’s eighth album and its one where he’s really let things go and made a record that’s unashamedly in love with classic rock n roll, with Springsteen, Billy Joel, Don Henley and quite […]

Essentials: The Top Ten Songs That Name-Drop Other Artists

Classic Clips: The National “About Today” Germany 2008

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Jonathan Aird

The New Faith “Me On You” (Faith Healer Records, 2017)

Springsteen, Fleet Foxes, Wilco and more pay tribute to Tom Petty – Watch

Behind the Songs: Thin Lear

Yarn “Saturday Night Sermon”

Live Review: Merry McCloud & Bruce Welch, The Bread and Roses, London – 3rd May 2026

Van Morrison to play 5 night residency at new West London venue in September

Odd Marshall “Seconds”