March 2020 – Page 11 – Americana UK

Video: Palomino Kings “Our Time Will Come”

March 25, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

‘Our Time Will Come’ was recorded live at the Boathouse Studio on the Shotley Peninsula. Clearly, the isolation on the Suffolk Coast brings out the best from Palomino Kings. With a strong rhythm and bass line, […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Whitacre

March 24, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Here at AUK, we’re trying to keep spirits high during these strange days by asking some great artists to record exclusive live mini-gigs just for you, dear reader! Denver-based Whitacre make folk music with a little […]

Classic Americana Albums: Lyle Lovett “Pontiac” (MCA/Curb, 1987)

March 24, 2020 Gordon Sharpe 2

I am sure it is an apocryphal and familiar story, but it does have a point regarding Lovett’s surprising union with Julia Roberts. There was speculation about how the one might manage to live with the […]

Lucinda Williams “Lost Girl” – Listen

March 24, 2020 Jonathan Aird 1

We don’t want to bring your mood down at all but if the new song from Lucinda Williams doesn’t make you feel just a little more desperate than you were five minutes before you first heard […]

Video Premiere: Chris Castino “Chinese Whispers”

March 24, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Chris Castino displays excellent songcraft on the beautifully performed ‘Chinese Whispers’. The song is about being physically separated from people you love and the first word we hear is the name of Castino’s cousin Sonny, […]