2020 – Page 18 – Americana UK

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Diccon Johnston

December 10, 2020 Clint West 2

As has become our custom on a Thursday, we bring you the latest (the 28th in fact) of our writers’ personal selections in our attempt to seek out the top 10 americana albums ever. Now this […]

PopMatters choses its top americana albums of 2020

December 10, 2020 Mark Whitfield 2

Back when we launched our site in 2001 we tended to cover a bit of pop as well as americana, of the power-variety – not such strange bedfellows when you consider artists such as Big Star, […]

Nick Dittmeier “Companion (Extended Edition)” (Lost Crossroads Music, 2020)

December 10, 2020 Russell Murphy 0

Nick Dittmeier, along with his backing band The Sawdusters, is renowned for constantly touring, so, like the majority of performing musicians across the globe, 2020 has been a hell of a year. To keep things moving, […]

A good year for music, despite it all – Tim Martin’s review of 2020

December 10, 2020 Tim Martin 0

Towards the end of 2020 the penny is starting to drop about the exploitative nature of the streaming services relationship with artists. Alec Bowman’s brilliant thought piece here at AUK recently highlights the position more eloquently […]

Josh King “The Shed” (Independent, 2020)

December 10, 2020 Paul Kerr 0

Gosh, yet another lockdown album, it’s getting that our end of year awards might have to include this as a new category. If so, Josh King would certainly be in the running as this short but […]