2020 – Page 220 – Americana UK

Neal Casal Foundation and tribute album announced

June 19, 2020 Mark Whitfield 1

A tribute album featuring Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams and Beachwood Sparks among others was announced yesterday along with details of a new Neal Casal Music Foundation (NCMF) which has been created “to honour the memory of […]

Mitch Dean “Holding Back the Levee” (Independent, 2020)

June 19, 2020 Mark Nenadic 0

Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, Mitch Dean is no spring chicken. Perhaps more of a gnarled rooster. And, as we all know, gnarled roosters make much better records than any spring chickens ever will. Dean’s voice is […]

Karima Walker & Katy Kirby “Right By You” – Listen

June 19, 2020 Jonathan Aird 2

‘Right By You‘ is taken from the fifth Among Horses recording – cunningly entitled ‘Among Horses V‘. It’s an original idea – what happens if you drop a pair of songwriters into a Spanish retirement home […]

Video: Robert Francis + The End Times “Coast”

June 19, 2020 Andrew Frolish 1

‘Coast’ is the catchy, anthemic new single from Robert Francis + The End Times. It’s taken from the new album, ‘The End times Vol. 1’, which is out today, 19th June. Francis says of the new […]

AUK’s Top 10 Americana albums ever: Peter Churchill

June 18, 2020 Clint West 3

At AUK we are now well into our quest to find the ‘Top 10 Americana Albums Ever’. Over the coming weeks and months each AUK writer will in turn, present their own personal selections. When each […]

Essentials: The Top Ten Songs That Name-Drop Other Artists: AUK Readers’ Choice

October 1, 2026 2

An Essentials occasional one-off feature, this one responding to our readers’ input. We ran a previous Essentials list which covered the top ten songs that name-drop other artists. As the title suggests, an artist mentions another […]

Artwork for Lawrence Rothman album Here Lies Love / Sawdust to Stardust "

Lawrence Rothman “Here Lies Love / Sawdust to Stardust”

October 1, 2026 0

Powerful confessional lyrics drive Lawrence Rothman’s journey to the dark side of Americana. For their fifth album, Here Lies Love / Sawdust to Stardust, Lawrence Rothman has brought an ‘A‘ list of collaborators, including Madi Diaz, […]

Petunia live at the Kitchen Garden Cafe, Birmingham - 24th September 2026

Live Review: Petunia (solo without The Vipers), The Kitchen Garden Café, Birmingham – 24th September 2026

October 1, 2026 0

The Kitchen Garden Café in King’s Heath, Birmingham, makes you glad people still believe in putting good music in small rooms. Attached to a restaurant and garden centre by day, it becomes an intimate music venue […]

Year: 2020