Paul Kerr

1 week ago | americana-uk.com | Paul Kerr

And it’s Happy New Year once again as we hop into 2009 with a new CD cover design (maintained throughout the year but in varying shades of welcoming colours). Not so happy is the fact that the Wayback Machine, our source for much of the archived material we’ve unearthed in previous Back Pages, seems to think that 2009 never happened. There are a couple of entries for the first few months but after that, zip all. Nevertheless, we plough on.

2 weeks ago | americana-uk.com | Paul Kerr

Traditional transatlantic folk songs spring to life on this splendid collection of bloody tales. Drag city isn’t a label you’d immediately associate with traditional Scottish folk songs but when Alasdair Roberts pressed a demo of his songs into the hands of Will Oldham (AKA Bonnie “Prince” Billy) some years back he was taken into the fold, releasing a series of albums which sat somewhere in between alternative and traditional folk.

3 weeks ago | americana-uk.com | Paul Kerr

Canada’s Jerry Leger is a fine example of an artist who has built his reputation here in the UK with regular touring, either solo or with his band The Situation. Tonight was the fourth time your reviewer had caught the man live in as many years and it’s fair to say that each gig has had a singular touch with new songs added and some older ones resurrected, a moveable feast you could say.

4 weeks ago | americana-uk.com | Paul Kerr

Back in August of last year AUK chose to leave X, the social platform formerly known as Twitter. You can probably guess the reasons why but, if not, read our decision here. We remain on Instagram and Threads (find us at americana_uk_) but we’ve now taken the plunge and joined the emerging alternative to X, namely Bluesky. For those not familiar with the platform it’s a bit like Twitter was once upon a time before the Space Nazi car assembler took over and is largely non toxic and welcoming.

4 weeks ago | americana-uk.com | Paul Kerr

Photo: Paul BevanFollowing on from Oliver Gray’s review of the Ramblin’ Roots Revue, AUK is happy to add this brief selection of photographs taken at the event by Paul Bevan. Featuring stage shots and some candid backstage photos the pictures capture the mood of the event. Annie Keating. Photo: Paul Bevan Annie Keating. Photo: Paul Bevan Joe Coombes of the Annie Keating band. Photo: Paul Bevan Bobby Lee. Photo: Paul Bevan Danny & The Champions Of The World.