2020 – Page 244 – Americana UK

Video: Old Sea Brigade & Luke Sital-Singh “Call Me When You Land”

June 1, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

‘Call Me When You Land’ features a beautiful, collaborative vocal from Luke Sital Singh and Old Sea Brigade (AKA Nashville-based Ben Cramer). It’s a shimmering, dreamy song for the summer and is the lead single from […]

Classic Americana Albums: Gregg Allman “Laid Back” (Capricorn/Polydor, 1973)

June 1, 2020 Gordon Sharpe 6

A friend once offered me the thought that music, as with all art, could and should offer the listener the opportunity to experience the depths as well as the heights of feeling. He suggested two examples, […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Guy Clark “Instant Coffee Blues”

June 1, 2020 David Jarman 0

Last week’s Chain Gang entry ‘Such Great Heights‘ by Iron and Wine leads me to a song featuring, alongside coffee to deal with its after-effects, the aforementioned wine. Guy Clark’s ‘Instant Coffee Blues‘ features on his […]

Ben Kunder “Searching For The Stranger” (Independent, 2020)

June 1, 2020 Mark Nenadic 0

Alarm bells start ringing for this writer when faced with a promo picture of a singer-songwriter replete with a beard and sporting the obligatory woolly hat. Fearing the worst, tracks are cued up with trepidation. Phew! […]

Track Premiere: Margaret Chavez “I Virgo”

June 1, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Crunching guitars usher in ‘I Virgo‘ before it is set free and launched into a stratospheric piercing blend of folk and rock and reverb heavy Cosmic American Music – Phosphorescent is in there, Mercury Rev and […]

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

October 1, 2026 0

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

Video: Old Sea Brigade & Luke Sital-Singh “Call Me When You Land”

Classic Americana Albums: Gregg Allman “Laid Back” (Capricorn/Polydor, 1973)

AUK’s Chain Gang: Guy Clark “Instant Coffee Blues”

Ben Kunder “Searching For The Stranger” (Independent, 2020)

Track Premiere: Margaret Chavez “I Virgo”

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

Lawrence Rothman “Here Lies Love / Sawdust to Stardust”

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

Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music

Jayne Pomplas “This Is How The World Ends”