2020 – Page 257 – Americana UK

Track Premiere: Beau Jennings “Gettin’s Good”

May 21, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

We’re premiering ‘Gettin’s Good‘ today from the upcoming Beau Jennings album ‘Son of Thunderbird‘ due out on June 5th. And if it sounds at all familiar then it’s because it – like all the songs on […]

Video: Paul Kelly “Sleep, Australia, Sleep”

May 21, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

The music sounds timeless but the subject-matter is so very now. The latest video from Paul Kelly is his response to the Australian bush fires that ravaged the country last year, an event that seems long-forgotten […]

AmericanA to Z: John Cougar Mellencamp

May 20, 2020 Steven Howlett 2

This A-Z is taking a small liberty. For ‘C’ we are looking at, and appreciating, the transformation of John Cougar Mellencamp from AOR-radio-friendly hit seeking pop-rocker, to gritty roots activist. Somewhere in the early to mid-1980s […]

Tenci “My Heart Is An Open Field” (Keeled Scales, 2020)

May 20, 2020 Martin Johnson 0

Tenci is really bedroom folk artist Jess Shoman backed by more famous musicians from the Chicago music scene and their debut album is released on Austin label Keeled Scales. Jess Shoman spent nearly ten years writing […]

Video: Mt. Joy “My Vibe”

May 20, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

‘My Vibe’ is the latest single from Mt. Joy. In the video, set in a dirty diner, a roller-skating waitress serves awful food to awful customers. It plays with the idea of people eating their final […]

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 […]

Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

July 3, 2026 0

Performances don’t get much more intimate when less than 50 people are in the front space of a record shop and the artist is playing unamplified, less than five feet away. In the autumn of 2025, […]

Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”

July 3, 2026 0

Americana royalty teams up with a cracking Texas band to produce a varied and highly enjoyable mix of country, soul and stomp. Ryan Bingham is a comparatively rare example of an americana artist who has broken […]

Year: 2020

Track Premiere: Beau Jennings “Gettin’s Good”

Video: Paul Kelly “Sleep, Australia, Sleep”

AmericanA to Z: John Cougar Mellencamp

Tenci “My Heart Is An Open Field” (Keeled Scales, 2020)

Video: Mt. Joy “My Vibe”

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

Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”

Americana Stories – Simon Lamont “Americana”

Our new supporters playlist is out later today – win a vinyl copy of Ashley McBryde’s new album