May 2019 – Page 20 – Americana UK

Video: Mountaintop Junkshop “Yellow Roses Red Eyes”

May 9, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

This is the new single from Leicester’s Mountaintop Junkshop, undoubtedly one of the best bands you’ve (almost certainly) never heard of. It’s out now and it’s really rather good, give it a listen.

Songs for the apocalypse: Jason McNiff “I Remember You”

May 8, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Way back when I first started running AUK back in the early 2000s, promos of CDs started to trickle through the letterbox – some were great, others were let’s say over-confident, but occasionally something would hit […]

Jo Schornikow “Secret Weapon” (Keeled Scales, 2019)

May 8, 2019 Gordon Sharpe 0

This album raised two questions – what are the furthest limits of Americana and how do you review music that is not inherently to your taste, but is likely to appeal to someone, somewhere? Both these […]

Michael Paul Lawson “Wolf By The Tail” – Listen

May 8, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

Despite coming from a musical family, Michael Paul Lawson was encouraged not to pursue this path but rather look for a more lucrative career. But after eight years of trying to do what others wanted him […]

Book Review: Doug Hoekstra “Unopened” (Five-Minute Books, 2019)

May 8, 2019 Rick Bayles 0

“In the unfinished basement past stainless steel filing cabinets, humming humidifiers and stacks of yellow magazines I reach two racks of records promised to us both; My heart can only take a few, including “Memories of a Middle-Aged Movies by the […]

Something not really americana for the weekend: This is Lorelei “Oh No Now My”

August 7, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. If you’re an AUK supporter your new playlist will be with you at 5pm. We leave you dear reader with a new song from Nate Amos aka This […]

Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

August 7, 2026 0

At once nostalgic travelogue, introspective head-trip, and rootsy showcase, Madrid-born Juana Everett’s second album should be her breakthrough record. Past Lives in California swims headfirst through the murky waters of transit, both literal and metaphysical. Bring […]

Margo Price “Days of Unrest”

August 7, 2026 0

A powerful message that’s relayed with the kind of vigour and skill needed to make people sit up and listen. “In his oval room, in his rockin’ chair / He’s the president, but I don’t care […]

Month: May 2019

Video: Mountaintop Junkshop “Yellow Roses Red Eyes”

Songs for the apocalypse: Jason McNiff “I Remember You”

Jo Schornikow “Secret Weapon” (Keeled Scales, 2019)

Michael Paul Lawson “Wolf By The Tail” – Listen

Book Review: Doug Hoekstra “Unopened” (Five-Minute Books, 2019)

Something not really americana for the weekend: This is Lorelei “Oh No Now My”

Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

Margo Price “Days of Unrest”

Classic Clips: The Mavericks “Born To Be Blue” – Live at American Songwriter Studios, 2012

The Wild High “Listen to The Wild High”