2020 – Page 239 – Americana UK

AUK’s top 10 Americana albums ever: Rick Bayles

June 4, 2020 Clint West 4

At AUK we are on a 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 writer has […]

Isbell: “Getting sober made me more aware”

June 4, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Looking through Billboard’s Country chart at the moment is like perusing a “greatest drinking songs” feature. In the top 30 right now are the songs: ‘After a Few, Beer Can’t Fix, One Margarita, Drinking Alone, Why […]

The Unthanks “Diversions Vol.5 Live & Unaccompanied” (RabbleRouser, 2020)

June 4, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

The Unthank sisters – Rachel and Becky – have become a significant presence on the English folk scene over the last fifteen years releasing albums in various band combinations; their latest release in the ‘Diversions’ series […]

Songs for the apocalypse: Bernard Fanning “Songbird”

June 4, 2020 Mark Whitfield 1

16 years ago I returned to Sydney for a holiday, a place where I lived as a child for a short time, and was dismayed to find that all the artists I loved first time around […]

Video: Phil Hooley “Maybe Later”

June 4, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Here is another lovely vocal performance from Phil Hooley. Hooley says: “We managed to squeeze in the recording of this one just before the lockdown and now it seems to have taken on a new significance […]

Lisa Bouchelle “A Light To Come Home To” – feat. Amanda Shires & Larry Campbell

July 6, 2026 0

A Light To Come Home To is the shining opening song on the new album, Vandals, Thieves & Lovers, from Lisa Bouchelle, and it features two special contributors, with Amanda Shires on violin and Larry Campbell […]

Video Premiere: Visions Of Albion “In The Past”

July 6, 2026 0

Check out the new video for In The Past by Liverpool duo Visions Of Albion. Opening with bird song and full of vibrant colours- red roses and lipstick- the video is a fine accompaniment to one […]

Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”

July 3, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. If you’re an AUK supporter your new playlist will be with you at 5pm tonight. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place […]

Year: 2020