2020 – Page 218 – Americana UK

AUK’s Chain Gang: Hot Club of Cowtown “Pennies from Heaven”

June 22, 2020 Paul Campbell 0

The last Chain Gang featured Mark Lanegan’s version of Dylan’s `Man in the Long Black Coat’. As ever, Dylan provides us with those allusive, resonating lyrics. Is the man of the title referring to death, depression […]

Teghan Devon “Little Lion” (Broken Juke Box Media, 2020)

June 22, 2020 Viv Fish 0

Teghan Devon’s voice has the lyrical quality of an angel, that can be of no doubt. It is melodic, symphonic, harmonious. Her musicianship, and that of all the participants on this EP ‘Little Lion‘, is delicate […]

Eric Bolander “Magic Moon” – Listen

June 22, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Eric Bolander is busy working on his third album, after last year’s well received ‘The Wind.‘ In the meantime he’s prepared a couple of singles to bridge the gap, with ‘Magic Moon‘ the first of these.

Video: Street Arts & Friends “Isolation”

June 22, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

This is an inspiring collaboration to start your week. Street Arts is an organisation in Stratford-Upon-Avon that supports the homeless, vulnerable and socially isolated. Alongside the users of Street Arts, 29 musicians have worked on this […]

Something for the weekend: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit “Overseas”

June 19, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

So here we are again as Cher said in 1989. If you really do want to be distracted from the absolute state of things for 5 minutes (and who could blame you now we have the […]

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

AUK’s Chain Gang: Hot Club of Cowtown “Pennies from Heaven”

Teghan Devon “Little Lion” (Broken Juke Box Media, 2020)

Eric Bolander “Magic Moon” – Listen

Video: Street Arts & Friends “Isolation”

Something for the weekend: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit “Overseas”

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”