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 […]

Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

September 29, 2026 1

Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]

Brian Fallon & The Painkillers “Not Bad for New Jersey”

September 29, 2026 0

Heartfelt heartland rock delivered by Gaslight Anthem frontman. Brian Fallon has been making music with The Gaslight Anthem for two decades. Outside of the band, over the past 10 years, he’s released a number of solo […]

His Lordship announce new album, single, and all-star shows

September 29, 2026 0

Following last year’s Bored Animal, Psychonaut Sounds/PIAS will release His Lordship’s tribute to Rock ‘n’ Roll pioneer Chuck Berry, Promised Land, on 13th November 2026, to celebrate what would’ve been his 100th birthday. His Lordship will […]

Year: 2020