July 2020 – Page 24 – Americana UK

Tom Fairnie “Lightning in the Dark” (Independent, 2020)

July 13, 2020 Mark Nenadic 0

Tom Fairnie refers to his music as ‘Celticana’, which is a fair summation of his blended Americana influences and Scottish roots. The bagpipes solo kind of give it away right at the beginning. To cement this […]

Cassandra Violet “Superbloom” – Listen

July 13, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

“I meditate every day, I hope that this feeling can go away” sings Cassandra Violet over a backing that can only be described as quirky, before wistfully adding ” back to when I was in High […]

Video: Nathaniel Rateliff “Time Stands”

July 13, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Let’s start the week – not for the first time – with a little bit of Nathaniel Rateliff. Deserted beaches, empty streets and abandoned fairground rides feature in the apocalyptic video for ‘Time Stands’, a beautiful […]

Something for the weekend: The Avett Brothers “Victory”

July 10, 2020 Mark Whitfield 1

Another week in the life of AUK passes by like sand through a pair of glasses. I had an interesting conversation with AUK reader Barry Cooke this week about The Avett Brothers and how some fans […]

Americana Roots: Leftover Salmon

July 10, 2020 Tim Newby 0

Americana Roots highlights the freshest and most original Americana and bluegrass from across the pond in the US. It covers everything from brand-new, just out of the box bands, to cult favourites, to established acts who […]