2020 – Page 280 – Americana UK

Van Darien “Levee” (Independent, 2020)

May 4, 2020 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

In the (highly recommended) film ‘Still Crazy’, as plans forged by the 1970s British psychedelic rock group Strange Fruit for a comeback tour run headfirst into a morass of cliched band problems like XXXL egos, deep-rooted […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Willie Nelson “City of New Orleans”

May 4, 2020 Tim Martin 0

The previous Chain Gang link, The Highwaymen, featured Willie Nelson among their all-star lineup. Their debut album which featured our chosen song ‘Desperados Waiting For A Train’ also carried a Steve Goodman/John Prine song, ‘The Twentieth […]

Lawrence County “The Frailty of Humans” (Independent, 2020)

May 4, 2020 Sean Hannam 0

The title of Nottingham alt-country outlaws Lawrence County’s new album, ‘The Frailty of Humans’, couldn’t be more apt for these worrying times we’re living in – and, as if that’s not prescient enough, there’s even a […]

The Lowest Pair “Shot Down the Sky”

May 4, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

The Lowest Pair are Kendl Winter and Palmer T. Lee, and they bring to banjo led folk that essential ingredient of strangeness – anyone can sing of the world as it is but it takes someone […]

Video: Oxygenpony “Twenty One”

May 4, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Paul Megna, formerly of the band Oxygen Ponies, is now performing under the Oxygenpony moniker. ‘Twenty One’ is the atmospheric, first single from ‘How Aeroplanes Fly’, the debut album with the new project. The dreamy song […]

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

Van Darien “Levee” (Independent, 2020)

AUK’s Chain Gang: Willie Nelson “City of New Orleans”

Lawrence County “The Frailty of Humans” (Independent, 2020)

The Lowest Pair “Shot Down the Sky”

Video: Oxygenpony “Twenty One”

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