2020 – Page 228 – Americana UK

Video Premiere: Richard Davies & The Dissidents “Way of the Wild”

June 12, 2020 Andrew Frolish 1

Richard Davies rocks out and sings about fighting to survive on new single ‘Way of the Wild’. Davies and the band have managed to produce a creative, engaging video despite doing it while in lock-down. We’re […]

Ten covers of Bobbie Gentry’s “Ode to Billie Joe”

June 12, 2020 Richard Phillips 0

‘Ode to Billie Joe’ is a dark southern story, cinematic in its lyrics but remaining enigmatic. The story, tells of the preacher, Brother Talyor saying how he saw the song’s narrator up on Choctaw Ridge with […]

Pick of the Political Pops: Iron and Wine “Love Vigilantes”

June 12, 2020 Paul Villers 0

Down here in The People’s Republic of Liverpudlia we are a fairly peaceful lot. At Americana-UK Towers we employ our own security staff but down in the village and the surrounding hamlets matters of policing the […]

Watch the video to John Prine’s final song

June 12, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

John Prine’s family have posted a video of his final recorded song called ‘I Remember Everything’ which follows on from a livestream tribute to the man himself which streamed last night and featured Jason Isbell, Brandi […]

Turkeyfoot “Promise of Tomorrow” (Independent, 2020).

June 12, 2020 Gordon Sharpe 0

Colorado based Turkeyfoot are essentially new to recording and have only an EP produced in June 2018 prior to this their first full-length offering. Researching the story of its beginnings makes you realise what the term […]

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

Video Premiere: Richard Davies & The Dissidents “Way of the Wild”

Ten covers of Bobbie Gentry’s “Ode to Billie Joe”

Pick of the Political Pops: Iron and Wine “Love Vigilantes”

Watch the video to John Prine’s final song

Turkeyfoot “Promise of Tomorrow” (Independent, 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”