2018 – Page 41 – Americana UK

American Aquarium + Anthony D’Amato, The Louisiana, Bristol, 30th October 2018

November 8, 2018 Margaux Pittet 0

Last time Anthony D’Amato toured he was supporting Ziggy Marley as a last minute addition. Winning over a crowd cheering “Ziggy, Ziggy” and expecting the dreadlocked man to walk on stage was not easy. Tonight, however, […]

Reverend Horton Heat “Whole New Life” (Victory Records 2018)

November 8, 2018 Keith Hargreaves 0

The good Reverend has been ploughing the furrow marked “furious rockabilly based rock ‘n’ roll” for decades now, and while this new offering is no game changer, it does carry the listener through its generous track […]

Rebecca Schiffman “Song for a Writer” – Listen

November 8, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

A song which is so harsh in its character assassination has no right sounding so damn upbeat and, oh, what can we say but “jolly” ? Rebecca Schiffman sings sweetly whilst pulling absolutely no punches “what […]

Mavis Staples has a new live album out soon

November 8, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Not only a new live album, but a new live album recorded at The Union Chapel in London. Recorded earlier this year across two nights – one of which Americana-UK attended and was suitably impressed with […]

Video: Darren Hayman “Ousby, Cumberland”

November 8, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

A new song from erstwhile Hefner man Darren Hayman. It’s taken from Thankful Villages, Volume 3, out tomorrow, his project to visit all 54 English villages where every soldier returned alive from the Great War and […]