May 2020 – Page 3 – Americana UK

AUK’s top 10 Americana albums ever: Martin Johnson

May 28, 2020 Clint West 2

At AUK we are on a quest to find the ‘Top 10 Americana Albums Ever’. Over the coming weeks and months each AUK writer will in turn, present their own personal selections. When each writer has […]

Hollowsage & the Three Mile Islanders “Nuclear Home” (Independent, 2020)

May 28, 2020 Scott Baxter 2

This was first sent in to AUK towers in March this year, but something happened and everything went mad and there’s little point in explaining what that thing was, as besides it causing misery to thousands, […]

Video: Our Man in the Field “It Was Ever So”

May 28, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

On this, the new single from Our Man in the Field, also-known-as Alexander Ellis, there is an impressively emotive vocal performance as we are drawn into the intimate story about the closure of London’s oldest fire […]

Home Life: Michael Weston King

May 28, 2020 Del Day 0

For nigh on thirty years UK singer-songwriter Michael Weston King has been forging himself a well-respected lofty position on the roots scene with his solo work, the now defunct country rockers The Good Sons, and most […]

Stripmall Ballads “Distant” (Freeloader Free Press, 2020)

May 28, 2020 Rick Bayles 0

Now, these are not the happiest of times, obviously, but why do so many new albums coming from singer/songwriters have to be so relentlessly miserable? Even a miserable song with a jaunty tune would be a […]

Jim James “Wowed Out” – wow, wow, wow – unbelievable

August 10, 2026 0

We’re giving ourselves an easy start to the week – after the heatwave hell of the weekend we think we deserve it – by starting with a song by an artist we can confidently say “needs […]

Video Premiere: Brock Davis “All of You”

August 10, 2026 0

Here’s the latest single from Santa Cruz, California-based singer-songwriter Brock Davis. As soon as All of You opens with quivering slide guitar, followed by tinkling keys, it’s clear that this is a song with melody at […]

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 […]

Month: May 2020