2020 – Page 230 – Americana UK

Video: The Dead Tongues “Slack Jaw (ft. Phil Cook)”

June 11, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

There’s a haunting, emotional vocal on this beautiful song from The Dead Tongues. Ryan Gustafson, who records under the moniker The Dead Tongues, has been running a weekly livestream series called QuaranTV during the lock-down. In […]

Book Review: Ruth Charnock “Joni Mitchell: New Critical Readings” (Bloomsbury 2020)

June 11, 2020 Rick Bayles 0

This book made its debut in hardback in January of last year and now gets its awaited paperback release. Ruth Charnock, Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Lincoln, has pulled together a fascinating collection […]

Americana Roots: Cris Jacobs Band

June 11, 2020 Tim Newby 1

Americana Roots is a new feature here on AUK which highlights the freshest and most original Americana and bluegrass from across the pond in the US. It covers everything from brand-new, just out of the […]

Ismay “Songs of Sonoma Mountain” (Independent, 2020)

June 11, 2020 Sean Hannam 0

Ismay – aka singer-songwriter Avery Hellman – is named after a small US town in the Northern Great Plains of Montana, which, at the last count, had a population of only 19. But, judging by her […]

Market Junction “Nebraska” – Listen

June 11, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

You could be mistaken for thinking that Market Junction hail from a particular place in the USA. Hell, the hints are right there in the lyrics: “Unless a man’s in love with wind or dust or […]

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: The Dead Tongues “Slack Jaw (ft. Phil Cook)”

Book Review: Ruth Charnock “Joni Mitchell: New Critical Readings” (Bloomsbury 2020)

Americana Roots: Cris Jacobs Band

Ismay “Songs of Sonoma Mountain” (Independent, 2020)

Market Junction “Nebraska” – Listen

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”