August 2020 – Page 6 – Americana UK

Here are ten notable acoustic guitarists

August 25, 2020 Gordon Sharpe 10

This top-ten is meant to highlight acoustic guitar music, usually without vocals or vocals that are secondary to the music and not generally what the artist is known for. I had been thinking about John Fahey […]

Jerry Joseph “The Beautiful Madness” (Décor Records, 2020)

August 25, 2020 Clint West 0

When Patterson Hood of The Drive-By Truckers describes you as “long one of my favourite songwriters, one of the absolute best of our generation” people are going to sit up and take notice and so it […]

Jerry Lehane “Runaway With You” – Listen

August 25, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Nearly thirty years after they were recorded Jerry Lehana, of Boston’s The Dogmatics, is releasing an EP of five songs recorded just after the band came to a sudden halt with the death of bassist Paul […]

Video: Ian Bailey “TV Land”

August 25, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Here is the second ‘lockdown session’ video from Preston singer-songwriter Ian Bailey. ‘TV Land’ was originally recorded as a solo acoustic song for ‘Empty Fields’, Bailey’s well-regarded 2014 album. The new version, recorded deep into the […]

Interview: Emma John on her journey to find the beating heart of bluegrass

August 24, 2020 Rick Bayles 0

Author Emma John talks to Americana UK’s Rick Bayles about her experiences in the Appalachian Mountains and gives readers an opportunity to win a copy of her acclaimed book, ‘Wayfaring Stranger’. The book is about her […]