April 2019 – Page 20 – Americana UK

Tom Paxton’s UK tour begins this week

April 8, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

Tom Paxton was always there, in Greenwich Village alongside Phil Ochs, Dave Van Ronk, John Hurt and Bobby Dylan, later on watching Dylan perform at the Isle of Wight Festival in ’69, alongside John Lennon and […]

Caroline Spence “Mint Condition” (Rounder Records, 2019)

April 8, 2019 Rick Bayles 0

One of the most exciting “new” artists on the Americana scene, Caroline Spence has been making great music for some years now and ‘Mint Condition’ is her third album. It seems hard to believe she’s racking […]

Track premiere: Danni Nicholls “Hear Your Voice”

April 8, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

We’ve got a nice first listen for a Monday morning today. Written and recorded in Nashville by Danni Nicholls and songwriter Kyshona Armstrong, ‘Hear Your Voice’ from new album ‘The Melted Morning’ is an anthemic empowerment […]

Video: Ordinary Elephant “The War”

April 8, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

From their new album ‘Honest’ out on May 3rd, comes this song from new duo Ordinary Elephant. Reminiscent of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings it’s quite wonderful, as is their performance.

Courtney Marie Andrews plays NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert

April 5, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

We leave you this weekend dear reader in much the same way as we left you last weekend – that’s right, it’s Courtney Marie Andrews Friday on AUK, and this week we bring you one of […]