Patty Griffin emotionally dances her way to releasing a very personal but high-quality release. Take a listen, observe a craftswoman at work. The list of artists who have recorded Griffin songs is, ...

As I proceeded to pull into a convenient parking space, a stone’s throw from the doors of the Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey, ...

In another part of the AUK jungle, I’ve been reading Chris Hillman’s autobiography, Time Between: My Life as a Byrd, Burrito ...

An Essentials occasional one-off feature, this one responding to our readers’ input. We ran a previous Essentials list which ...

We’re sorry to end this week with some sad news for regular readers which some of you will know already via social media.

Z, in his other bands or as a solo artist, aren’t technically Americana, but everything in their construction and recording ...

To celebrate the release of his new album Alamo, which will be released on 13th November 2026 on Thirty Tigers, Jake Bugg has announced he will celebrate the release with a run of November ...

Beginning with just woozy saxophone and Afton Wolfe’s strummed guitar, Slingshots builds steadily until it becomes the ...

Kyp Harness makes music on his own terms and has been doing it for 35 years. He is prolific, having put out 20 independent albums of storytelling and melody, with his latest (Lovely) released in ...

The Kitchen Garden Café in King’s Heath, Birmingham, makes you glad people still believe in putting good music in small rooms ...

This week’s podcast sees Keith talking to two great songwriters. Cam Fraser of Boulder Fields, in the week of the release of ...

Brooklyn-based The Oystermen raise the mood with a set of energetic, infectious good-time tunes that are guaranteed to put a smile on your face. The Oystermen describe themselves as “a ...