April 2019 – Page 6 – Americana UK

Carrie Tree “The Canoe” (Wild Cedar Records, 2019)

April 25, 2019 Jim Finnie 0

‘The Canoe’ is the third album by Brighton based singer-songwriter Carrie Tree and with production and arrangements being handled by Markus Sieber (know for his ambient recordings as Aukai), you could predict with a high degree […]

Chloe Foy “Oh You Are Not Well” – Listen

April 25, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

On this folk-flecked song, distinguished with a particularity percussive vocal by Chloe Foy, there’s a good deal of scathing criticism. It’s introspective though, and captures a mood of self-recrimination and internalised anger at perceived feelings of […]

Video: Izzie Walsh “Sidelined”

April 25, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

One of the many good things at last week’s wonderful Ramblin’ Roots Revue was Izzie Walsh. Filmed in Toronto, this is a live version of her latest release and very good it is too.

The Avett Brothers cover Randy Travis – Watch

April 24, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

It’s fair to say we don’t often cover Randy Travis on AUK but we make an exception when it comes to fellow North Carolinians the Avett Brothers whose 2012 taping of CMT Crossroads is considered by […]

Songs for the apocalypse: Sam Outlaw “Who Do You Think You Are?”

April 24, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Life is unfair in lots of different ways. Narcissists can reach the highest level of power including apparently the leader of the “free” world. The people most responsible for global warming are the least likely to […]