2020 – Page 221 – Americana UK

Songs for the apocalypse: John Wesley Harding “God Lives Upstairs”

June 18, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Many years ago when I lived in Sydney I used to sometimes go down Pitt Street which had some now long-forgotten record stores which would flog off albums for next to nothing, so pre-the days of […]

Bessie Jones “Get In Union” (Alan Lomax Archives/Association For Cultural Equity, 2020)

June 18, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

This album is a vast collection of songs by Bessie Jones and the Georgia Sea Island Singers – captured on tape by Alan Lomax in 1959, when he returned to the island of St. Simons where […]

Video: Bror Gunnar Jansson “The Cotten-Eyed Joe”

June 18, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Bror Gunnar Jansson takes a familiar, traditional folk song (popularised by Rednex) and truly makes it his own. It’s a stylish video and a stylish performance from the Swedish singer-songwriter. Having discovered the Bob Wills interpretation […]

VERSIONS – “1952 Vincent Black Lightning”

June 18, 2020 Paul Villers 2

Following a conversation between our writers we’ve come up with this new occasional feature which we hope you will enjoy. The question posed is “What is the best or definitive version of any given tune. Is […]

Victor Camozzi “Black Dog” (Volco Records, 2020)

June 18, 2020 Tim Newby 0

Victor Camozzi has a compelling, warbling, Texas drawl that helps frame his lyrics with a tasteful sincerity. On his fourth album, ‘Black Dog’, Camozzi sings about all the things you would expect a bearded, long-haired cowboy […]

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

Songs for the apocalypse: John Wesley Harding “God Lives Upstairs”

Bessie Jones “Get In Union” (Alan Lomax Archives/Association For Cultural Equity, 2020)

Video: Bror Gunnar Jansson “The Cotten-Eyed Joe”

VERSIONS – “1952 Vincent Black Lightning”

Victor Camozzi “Black Dog” (Volco Records, 2020)

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”