2020 – Page 213 – Americana UK

Barry Oreck “We Fit Together” (Ampersand Records, 2020)

June 25, 2020 Guy Lincoln 0

Barry Oreck’s new EP; ‘We Fit Together’ is a ‘message’ record, which we know because he has told us so, in unequivocal terms. He has released the record earlier than planned because he believes in its […]

To Russia with love: How I took americana to Moscow

June 25, 2020 Richard Townend 2

Experiences in life are what chisels us into who we are and each new blow shapes us further, for good or for bad. With this in mind an opportunity arose last year to do 5 shows […]

Town Meeting “Make Things Better” (Independent, 2020)

June 25, 2020 Alan Fitter 0

‘Make Things Better’ is the third full-length album from the Boston based band and what a superb album it is full of fresh sounding, sublime harmonies and superb playing from a band that would be just […]

Track Premiere: Laura Rabell “Immortal”

June 25, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

It’s safe to say that Laura Rabell is acquainted with the machinations of Momus, the personification of satire and mockery in Greek myth. For he surely had her marked down for an encounter with irony when […]

How I Write a Song: James McMurtry

June 24, 2020 Alasdair Fotheringham 1

In this new series for Americana UK, artists from across the genre discuss their approach to song-writing. It’s been more than 30 years now since a youthful, up-and-coming James McMurtry first crossed paths with another, already […]

Danny O;Keefe at Cosumer Unity conference 1981

For the Sake of the Song: Danny O’Keefe “Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues”

July 6, 2026 0

Danny O’Keefe was one of the many folk-oriented singer-songwriters who flourished in the early ’70s, and while he didn’t break through to platinum success, his songs were covered by the likes of Jackson Browne, Elvis Presley, […]

Rodney Crowell “Then Again”

July 6, 2026 0

Forgotten recordings from 20 years ago, which will delight Crowell fans. Then Again was recorded in 2006 with the same band as on Rodney Crowell’s previous three albums, The Houston Kid (2001), Fate’s Right Hand (2003) […]

Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Roots Music Festival

July 6, 2026 0

Americana UK’s Rick Bayles’ monthly column, Vox Continental, shines a light on what is happening on the americana front in Europe. In his most recent column, Rick gave the nod to the Static Roots Festival, which […]

Year: 2020

Barry Oreck “We Fit Together” (Ampersand Records, 2020)

To Russia with love: How I took americana to Moscow

Town Meeting “Make Things Better” (Independent, 2020)

Track Premiere: Laura Rabell “Immortal”

How I Write a Song: James McMurtry

For the Sake of the Song: Danny O’Keefe “Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues”

Rodney Crowell “Then Again”

Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Roots Music Festival

Live Review: Sierra Ferrell + The Brudi Brothers, Docks, Hamburg – 1st July 2026

Sounds from beyond the Shed 243 “A game of two halves”