November 2020 – Page 26

Interview: Dan Tedesco on his innovative Dan Tedesco Music Channel

November 9, 2020 Martin Johnson 0

This interview is a little bit out of the ordinary for Americana UK . The main rationale for interviewing Dan Tedesco is his self-developed and innovative online Dan Tedesco Music Channel rather than his alt-folk rock […]

Tim Grimm “Gone” – Listen

November 9, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Tim Grimm’s new digital single ‘Gone‘ couldn’t be better timed. It comes out of Covid isolation with the sudden absence of social outlets and socialising. It also comes out of climate change, as Grimm sings “They […]

The Ghost of Paul Revere “Good At Losing Everything” (Rocksnob/Rootsy, 2020)

November 9, 2020 Richard Phillips 0

There is a melding of sounds and styles on this, The Ghost of Paul Revere’s third album, attributable in part to its producer Spencer Albee. Evident in its soundscape are loops, strings and mellotron which give […]

Video: Sam Brookes “18 & Sleeping”

November 9, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Sam Brookes takes a challenging and personal subject and handles it with great sensitivity on ’18 & Sleeping’, the final video from his new album, ‘Black Feathers’. The album is inspired by loss and the accompanying […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Texas Tornados “She Never Spoke Spanish To Me”

November 9, 2020 Rick Bayles 2

So, it would seem, according to Russell’s excellent offering to the chain gang that, up in Canada, The New Pornographers can request someone to sing Spanish techno to them. Meanwhile, down at the other end of […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Willie Nelson “Seven Spanish Angels”

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Seven Spanish Angels is a song which encapsulates a full range of americana imagery – doomed love, defiance, outlaws, faith, mystery and death – all set in an undescribed location that calls up the settings for […]

Chris Pierce “Songs for the Heavy Hearted”

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A moving, beautifully crafted collection of songs that refuses to surrender compassion in a fractured world. Chris Pierce has always possessed one of the finest voices in americana, capable of conveying tenderness, conviction and quiet resilience […]

Margo Cilker unveils her “Little White Cross” for October

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Western folk singer-songwriter and AUK favourite Margo Cilker has announced her third album, Little White Cross, due out October 9 via Fossil Records, a label Cilker recently launched with fellow musician ISMAY. The upcoming 10-song set […]

Month: November 2020