2020 – Page 302 – Americana UK

Video: Michelle Mandico “Ptarmigan”

April 17, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Michelle Mandico’s clean, clear, powerful voice is a perfect match for the gorgeous snow-filled landscapes in the video for ‘Ptarmigan’. Indeed the vocal and guitar melodies are just as beautiful as the mountain peaks of which […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Phil Hooley

April 16, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

We continue our series of mini-gigs with the wonderfully characterful voice of Phil Hooley. Through these exclusive recordings, we hope to connect music lovers with some great live performances, something to enjoy and to create links […]

Interview: Clubhouse Record’s Tristan Tipping celebrates ten years for one of the UK’s premier roots labels

April 16, 2020 Del Day 0

Brothers Tristan and Danny Tipping set up Clubhouse Records ten years ago when Americana was considered Alt.County and plaid was still worn underneath your jacket to avoid tough questioning. That, a decade later, Clubhouse is considered […]

Rachel Baiman & Mike Wheeler “The “Countin’ On You Sessions” (Tone Tree Music, 2020)

April 16, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Raised in Chicago, Rachel Baiman has made her mark as a fiddle player in a number of traditional and folk styles. She’s also been more than busy over the last year or so with the release […]

Songs for the apocalypse: Jay Farrar “Station to Station”

April 16, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Being an americana site we have to mention our own version of the Oasis vs Blur war, Son Volt vs Wilco (admittedly not quite the same war as Oasis and Blur were never in the same […]

Americana Stories – Simon Lamont “Americana”

July 3, 2026 0

Simon Lamont’s contribution to our americana stories is called Americana. And it covers one of our core topics, what is americana, and why isn’t it country? Simon Lamont is an Irish writer and designer (graphic/web/garden) who […]

Classic Clips: Joni Mitchell “Coyote”, Gordon Lightfoot’s home, 1975

July 3, 2026 1

No doubt some really clued up expert on the Rolling Thunder Revue can pinpoint the actual evening that this clip comes from, but enough to say that it is footage captured whilst Joni Mitchell was on […]

Cover art for Fruit Bats album The Landfill

Fruit Bats “The Landfill”

July 3, 2026 0

After a gap of a mere nine months, Eric D. Johnson returns with a new Fruit Bats offering – the americana world should rejoice. We really need to get something out of the way immediately. The […]

Year: 2020