July 2020 – Page 6 – Americana UK

Lucinda Williams discusses Trump and Tornadoes on new podcast – Listen

July 28, 2020 Mark Whitfield 1

Rolling Stone Country have posted a really interesting interview with Lucinda Williams who despite having a new album out has barely left her new home in East Nashville since the advent of the pandemic. RS calls […]

Classic Americana Compilations: Various Artists “Songs for Slim: Rockin’ Here Tonight – A Benefit Compilation for Slim Dunlap” (New West Records, 2013)

July 28, 2020 Steven Rafferty 3

If you remember the 1980s – and I can think of several reasons why you wouldn’t, not the least of which is the ever-expanding possibility that you weren’t even alive yet – then you probably remember […]

Camille Delean “Fault Line (Late July)” – Listen

July 28, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Camille Delean’s new album ‘Cold House Burning‘ was released in July, a follow up to the Montreal based singer’s debut of 2017 ‘Music On the Grey Mile.‘ The new material appears prescient in that it covers […]

Video: The Mavericks “Poder Vivir”

July 28, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

It’s hard not to tap your feet and smile when The Mavericks perform. This is the first single from the band’s first ever collection of Spanish-language songs, a mixture of originals and Latin classics. ‘En Español’ […]

VERSIONS – “Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power)”

July 27, 2020 Paul Villers 13

Here we are again with “VERSIONS” – our look at the songs, the performers and the interpretations by performers of the songs. This time around Martin Johnson casts his eye over over ‘Senor (Tales of Yankee […]

Family Stereo “Remedy” – heartbreak beckons

September 24, 2026 0

Family Stereo, most recently seen out supporting the Felice Brothers, is the project of Blake Watt, and Remedy is the opening song on his latest album The Thread, which has been released via Bella Union. It’s […]

Video Premiere: Elli de Mon “Strange Fruit”

September 24, 2026 0

Here is the latest single from Italian singer-songwriter, one-woman band, and writer Elli de Mon. Timeless and cinematic, Strange Fruit is deeply haunting and beautifully unsettling. The focus is entirely on de Mon’s impressive, resonant voice, […]

Promo photo for Jack Barksdale EP "Battleground"

AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – September 2026

September 23, 2026 1

It’s September already, and with it the first signs of Autumn’s “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”, inviting us to bid a fond farewell to another year of outdoor festivals culminating in last weekend’s ‘Long Road’ at […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]

Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1

As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0

Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

Videos

Video: 3hattrio “Texas Time Traveller”

September 8, 2017 0

A marvellous sample of their excellent “American Desert Music” from Utah trio 3hattrio. Catch them at London’s Green Note on 8 Sept then across the UK until the 18th, you won’t regret it.

Videos

Video Premiere: Justin Bernasconi “The Right Height”

December 7, 2021 0

Justin Bernasconi’s beautiful new single features gently fluttering guitar over which his voice rises and falls, takes off and soars on gorgeous currents of melody. Bernasconi mixes slide guitar and delicate finger-picking to create a distinctive, […]

Tracks

Track Premiere: Birds Of Play “Sandhill Cranes”

February 22, 2022 0

Birds of Play are a folk band with a lot of musical skill within its four person makeup. Alex Paul (guitar, mandolin, vocals, songwriting) started playing guitar at the age of 13. Eric Shedd (bass, mandolin, […]

Month: July 2020