July 2020 – Page 30 – Americana UK

The Bacon Brothers “The Way We Love” (Independent, 2020)

July 7, 2020 Peter Churchill 0

To know that this is album number ten for The Bacon Brothers may come as a surprise to those of us who associate Kevin primarily as an actor. However, alongside Emmy award winning composer and sibling […]

Old Crow Medicine Show “Pray For America” – Listen

July 7, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

The call came in from NPR for Old Crow Medicine Show to contribute a new song that dealt with our times – and specifically here the ravages of Covid-19 in the USA. If there is one […]

Video: Charley Crockett “Run Horse Run”

July 7, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

At the end of the month, Charley Crockett is due to release a highly-anticipated new album, ‘Welcome to Hard Times’. To whet our appetites, here is the latest single from the forthcoming record. ‘Run Horse Run’ […]

10 Americana songs with a boxing theme

July 6, 2020 Clint West 4

Listening to the excellent new Matt Hill album ‘Savage Pilgrims’ I was particularly struck by the track ‘Bendigo’ which tells the story of a 19th century Nottinghamshire prizefighter. It set me thinking about boxing-themed songs and how I’d […]

Lucinda Williams performs “A Man Without a Soul” – Watch

July 6, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Lucinda Williams is the latest artist over in the US to contribute a song to The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’s #PlayAtHome series, performing last week ‘A Man Without a Soul’ which is taken from her […]