Album Reviews
Willi Carlisle “Winged Victory”
Willi Carlisle comes up with an album which is both defiant and hopeful. “When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” So wrote Hunter S. Thompson back in the 70s amidst the turmoil of the […]
Willi Carlisle
Interviews
Black Deer Festival Interview: Willi Carlisle talks about Arkansas and his musical heritage
A tale of paternal lederhosen and Cheap Suit Serenaders and a love of writing. In the third of our Black Deer Festival interviews, I spoke to the fascinating and hugely talented Willi Carlisle. His appearance at […]
News
Melissa Carper to finally tour UK this Summer
Singer-songwriter and upright bassist Melissa Carper has announced a short UK tour with four dates starting in Glasgow in mid-June. The delayed tour promotes her most recent album ‘Ramblin’ Soul‘ which came out last year. Reviewer Tim Martin […]
Features
Live performances and cool albums: Clint West’s 2022 americana highlights
AUK Features Editor Clint West reflects on his personal americana year. While it was nice to get back to regular gig-going in 2022 it was also frustrating that it was often slow to get going again. […]
Features
Americana UK’s top album of 2022 (and our runner-up)
Over the last couple of days we have been counting down our top Americana albums of 2022 and we have now reached the top two – two albums which are both worthy contenders for the title […]