April 2020 – Page 28 – Americana UK

Mark Erelli “Blindsided” (Soundly Music, 2020)

April 9, 2020 Diccon Johnston 0

This is the seventeenth studio album by Marl Erelli who has an impressive back-catalogue across a range of genres. He is most recognised as a Massachusetts based singer/songwriter of folk Americana, but he has recorded this […]

Clubhouse Records turns 10 – listen to their Spotify playlist

April 9, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

One of the UK’s best Americana labels Clubhouse Records, a constant friend here at AUK, turns 10 years old this year and the team there have each picked 10 of our favourite tracks from the Clubhouse […]

Noble Jacks “Stay Awake” (Noble Ground Records, 2020)

April 9, 2020 Diccon Johnston 0

Noble Jacks are clear about their aim. They consciously create uplifting social music specifically intended to generate a feel-good factor in a live audience. This is the deluxe release of their second album ‘Stay Awake’ with […]

Video: The Wood Brothers “Little Bit Sweet”

April 9, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

For The Wood Brothers’ ‘Little Bit Sweet’, Texan artist, Gary Dorsey, has combined live performances, animation and old film footage cleverly to create an absorbing video. It’s a perfect fit for a song that features engaging […]

Ten great John Prine songs

April 9, 2020 Jim Finnie 0

We’ve lost of one the truly great ones with the passing of John Prine, finally succumbing as he did to complications arising from Covid-19 infection. When our editor asked who wanted to do a Top 10 […]