2020 – Page 180 – Americana UK

Starpainter “Slammin’ On The Brakes” – Listen

July 24, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Starpainter are kind of reticent about who they are, as if they just want the music to speak for itself. And maybe that’s no bad thing. ‘Slammin’ on the Brakes‘ describes an actual car accident – […]

Video: Townes Van Zandt “Pancho and Lefty”

July 24, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

It has been too long since we had ‘retro Friday’! So, here it is: one of the all-time great songs from one of the all-time great artists. This version of ‘Pancho and Lefty’ is from the […]

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Tim Martin

July 23, 2020 Clint West 5

At AUK we are on a quest to find the ‘top 10 americana albums ever’. Over the last few weeks our writers have been going through the mental anguish of trying to narrow the whole history […]

Drew Danburry “Expulsion Papers Unearthed, For Micah Again or Forever”

July 23, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

AUK has had a longstanding love affair with the music of Drew Danburry and that’s about to blossom into its latest iteration with the release of not one but two new albums. ‘Icarus Phoenix’ is due […]

Margo Price “That’s How Rumors Get Started” (Loma Vista, 2020)

July 23, 2020 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

With her first two albums, Margo Price was proclaimed as one of the prime candidates to be crowned as one of the queens of Americana. Hey, at one point, such ‘pure’ Americana artist as Sturgill Simpson […]

Sufjan Stevens at Celebrate Brooklyn 2011

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Sufjan Stevens

September 30, 2026 0

The Americana UK archives are not exactly rammed with Sufjan Stevens content. Andrew Frolish selected the sublime John Wayne Gacy, Jr. for his Chain Gang feature in 2022 (here). Otherwise, there are a few ‘guest appearance’ […]

Artwork for Nive Nielsen and The Deer Children's album "My Mother's Name"

Nive Nielsen and The Deer Children “My Mother’s Name”

September 30, 2026 0

Wandering songwriter returns with first album in a decade: lessons in melodic self-definition ensue. “I don’t plan, and I don’t plan to stop”. The opening line to the first and title track of My Mother’s Name […]

Cover art for David Banks album "All The Dreams We Left Behind"

David Banks “All The Dreams We Left Behind”

September 30, 2026 0

Former Whybirds guitarist and co-writer delivers a sophomore album replete with anthemic songs infused with arena rock. It is now over seven years since David Banks released his debut album, Until The End, which saw the […]

Year: 2020

Starpainter “Slammin’ On The Brakes” – Listen

Video: Townes Van Zandt “Pancho and Lefty”

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Tim Martin

Drew Danburry “Expulsion Papers Unearthed, For Micah Again or Forever”

Margo Price “That’s How Rumors Get Started” (Loma Vista, 2020)

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Sufjan Stevens

Nive Nielsen and The Deer Children “My Mother’s Name”

David Banks “All The Dreams We Left Behind”

Stephanie Sammons “Head Noise”

Folk Tracks Roundup – September 2026