July 2019 – Page 24 – Americana UK

Fruit Bats “Gold Past Life” (Merge Records, 2019)

July 8, 2019 Paul Kerr 0

Essentially a vehicle for Eric D. Johnson, a sometime member of The Shins, Fruit Bats deliver their first album for Merge Records with a fizzy, at times sugary, flourish. The 11 songs here are bathed in […]

The Hollywood Freeway Ghosts “Flying” – Listen

July 8, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

Gordon Tichell formed The Hollywood Freeway Ghosts when he moved from LA to Luxembourg, the band name coming from a song title he’d written for a band that broke up before he could get them to […]

Video: Karine Polwart “Chance”

July 8, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

This powerful take on the Big Country song is the new single from Karine Polwart’s latest album, ‘Karine Polwart’s Scottish Songbook‘, a selection of covers from fifty years of Scottish pop. This is wonderful and so’s […]

Curse of Lono announce new album, UK dates

July 5, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

We leave you this weekend dear reader with news of London americana maestros Curse of Lono who describe their sound as “Cinematic Southern Gothic Alt Rock” and have a new single out which you can peruse […]

Studio Life – Kathy Zimmer

July 5, 2019 Andrew Frolish 0

Moving from the small town in Nebraska in which she was raised to the bustling New York City was the making of Kathy Zimmer. The music of her rural youth has combined with more sophisticated, urban […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Willie Nelson “Seven Spanish Angels”

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Seven Spanish Angels is a song which encapsulates a full range of americana imagery – doomed love, defiance, outlaws, faith, mystery and death – all set in an undescribed location that calls up the settings for […]

Chris Pierce “Songs for the Heavy Hearted”

August 10, 2026 0

A moving, beautifully crafted collection of songs that refuses to surrender compassion in a fractured world. Chris Pierce has always possessed one of the finest voices in americana, capable of conveying tenderness, conviction and quiet resilience […]

Margo Cilker unveils her “Little White Cross” for October

August 10, 2026 0

Western folk singer-songwriter and AUK favourite Margo Cilker has announced her third album, Little White Cross, due out October 9 via Fossil Records, a label Cilker recently launched with fellow musician ISMAY. The upcoming 10-song set […]

Month: July 2019