AmericanA to Z
AmericanA to Z – Joe Ely
As The Clash sang on 1980’s ‘If Music Could Talk’, “Well there ain’t no better blend than Joe Ely and his Texas Men.” Joe Ely has been making great music for the last 40 plus years […]
Year: 2019
Album Reviews
Various Artists “The Social Power Of Music” (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2019)
This characteristically vast collection from Smithsonian Folkways tackles a multitude of musical forms and interpretations of the term “social power” over four jam-packed CDs. The four discs are, more or less, themed – CD1 is ‘Songs […]
Album Reviews
Amber Cross “Savage on the Downhill” (Independent, 2019)
Certain albums, need to be heard at a particular time of day. You wouldn’t listen to ‘Never mind the Bollocks’ at breakfast, nor ‘No Sleep Till Hammersmith’ with tea and toast. Likewise, this album needs to be heard, […]
Videos
Video Premiere: Conor Donohue “The Garden”
A new name to Americana UK, this is New Orleans man’s Conor Donohue and a track from his new album Let Love Contaminate, out on April 12th. A bit bluesy, a bit country and a lot […]
News
Son Volt release first track “The 99” from new album – Listen
Rolling Stone are today carrying a new song from Son Volt taken from their upcoming album ‘Union’ which will be released on March 29th, and it sees them going all political which here at AUK Towers […]