July 2020 – Page 2 – Americana UK

Mighty Brother “The Rabbit, The Owl” (Independent, 2020)

July 31, 2020 Lyndon Bolton 0

This double album promises to explore the “emergent theme of duality”. Taken together the two records probe the same concepts from different perspectives. ‘The Rabbit’ is joyful mix of indie rock, folk and some funk. ‘The […]

Eamon McGrath “Yellow Sticker” – Listen

July 31, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Eamon McGrath has produced a finely disturbing and edgy song in “Yellow Sticker” which creeps along at a stealthy pace, with the ever present threat of some form of attack. It’s like a noire movie in […]

Video: The Flying Burrito Brothers “Hot Burrito #1”

July 31, 2020 Andrew Frolish 1

It’s retro Friday and here is Americana royalty, The Flying Burrito Brothers. This is, of course, from the classic debut album, ‘The Gilded Palace of Sin’. Though not a commercial success at the time, it was […]

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Alan Fitter

July 30, 2020 Clint West 3

At AUK we are on a quest to find the ‘top 10 americana albums ever’. Over the last few weeks our writers have been going through the mental anguish of trying to narrow the whole history […]

Songs for the apocalypse: The Jayhawks “Smile”

July 30, 2020 Mark Whitfield 2

My good friend and longstanding AUK comrade Keith Hargreaves and I had a debate recently about the best and worst of The Jayhawks. To be fair, there was agreement that there wasn’t much “worst” but of […]