June 2020 – Page 37 – Americana UK

Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn “Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn” (Smithsonian Folkways, 2020)

June 1, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Abagail Washburn doesn’t leave all the banjo experimentation to her husband Bela Fleck, who has produced this new album. Where Bela has been looking across the Atlantic to the banjo’s origins in Africa, Abigail Washburn has […]

Muzz “Muzz” (Matador Records, 2020)

June 1, 2020 Lyndon Bolton 0

Not just the band’s name, ‘Muzz’ perfectly describes their sound. Fortunately that was the intention according to producer and multi-instrumentalist Josh Kaufman who wanted to describe the texture of the group’s sound without being pinned to […]

Video: Old Sea Brigade & Luke Sital-Singh “Call Me When You Land”

June 1, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

‘Call Me When You Land’ features a beautiful, collaborative vocal from Luke Sital Singh and Old Sea Brigade (AKA Nashville-based Ben Cramer). It’s a shimmering, dreamy song for the summer and is the lead single from […]

Classic Americana Albums: Gregg Allman “Laid Back” (Capricorn/Polydor, 1973)

June 1, 2020 Gordon Sharpe 6

A friend once offered me the thought that music, as with all art, could and should offer the listener the opportunity to experience the depths as well as the heights of feeling. He suggested two examples, […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Guy Clark “Instant Coffee Blues”

June 1, 2020 David Jarman 0

Last week’s Chain Gang entry ‘Such Great Heights‘ by Iron and Wine leads me to a song featuring, alongside coffee to deal with its after-effects, the aforementioned wine. Guy Clark’s ‘Instant Coffee Blues‘ features on his […]

Lance Cowan “The Air That You Breathe”

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There is no slowing down Lance Cowan as he releases another fine set of story songs. Lance Cowan hails from West Kentucky. Songwriting and singing mark the third phase of his working life. Originally employed as […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 248 “Too much good stuff…”

August 10, 2026 0

Can you ever have too much of a good thing? It’s a question I asked myself whilst sifting through potential news stories for the site. There has been an avalanche of great stuff being announced in […]

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

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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 […]

Month: June 2020