June 2020 – Page 3 – Americana UK

John Jenkins “Growing Old” (Independent, 2020)

June 29, 2020 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

“I’m growing old” is the first, uncompromising, line of the first song on Liverpool-based John Jenkins’ latest album, and “I’m singing this song before I die” is – in theory – the last line of the […]

Ten Americana artists from Kentucky

June 29, 2020 Richard Phillips 1

If you were to find yourself cruising down Interstate-75 in the Renfro Valley area of Kentucky you may feel inclined to take a detour at exit 62 and head on down to the Kentucky Music Hall […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks “I Scare Myself”

June 29, 2020 Martin Johnson 2

Last week’s Chain Gang track was Hot Club of Cowtown’s ‘Pennies From Heaven’ and it is impossible to imagine artists like Hot Club of Cowtown without the ground breaking example of that true eccentric Dan Hicks […]

Oxygenpony “Twenty One” – Listen

June 29, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

It’s been a long time – like a decade – since we last heard from Paul Megna who’s previous band, Oxygen Ponies, produced a trio of albums featuring memorable hazy dreamlike music – with a tendency […]

Video: Beans on Toast “Glastonbury Weekend”

June 29, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

The series of new lockdown-themed songs written by Beans on Toast continues with ‘Glastonbury Weekend’. He first attended Glastonbury in 1997 and has been every year since. Indeed, the first Beans on Toast gig was there […]