2020 – Page 308 – Americana UK

Video Premiere: Love Me in the Dark “Circle Up the Wagons”

April 14, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

It will be no surprise to anyone who knows Love Me in the Dark’s music that the couple’s vocal melodies and harmonies on ‘Circle Up the Wagons’ are beautiful. Five years ago, Steve McCormick and Heather […]

Waco Brothers “Resist!” (Bloodshot Records, 2020)

April 14, 2020 Paul Kerr 0

Cash meets Clash! The Waco Brothers, a mash up of Jon Langford’s punk sensibilities and cowpunk twang, are probably the only band still around who merit the term “Insurgent Country,” a trademark on which Bloodshot Records […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: James McMurtry “Childish Things”

April 14, 2020 Steven Rafferty 1

The most obvious connection between last week’s ‘The Town That Killed Kennedy‘ by Otis Gibbs and this week’s link in the chain is the view of the world that one gets through the window of a […]

Sturgill Simpson tests positive for Covid-19

April 14, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Sturgill Simpson has announced in a lengthy Instagram post that he has tested positive for COVID-19, writing that he received the diagnosis on Friday after almost a month of not exhibiting symptoms. Simpson describes his frustration […]

Liv Greene “Every Bright Penny” (Independent, 2020)

April 14, 2020 Richard Phillips 0

Boston, Massachusetts is the current home of singer-songwriter, Liv Greene, where she is an active member of the city’s musical community. Greene has performed regularly at Club Passim, a non-profit folk venue and school of music […]

Artwork for Ian Noe album"Canyon Falls Trailer Band"

Ian Noe “Canyon Falls Trailer Band”

September 28, 2026 0

Impressive collection of character-driven songwriting and classic country sounds. Kentuckian Ian Noe presents a diverse selection of sixteen original songs on his excellent new album, Canyon Falls Trailer Band. It’s Noe’s third release and the second […]

The Jayhawks live at the Electric Ballroom, Camden - 16th September 2026

Live Review: The Jayhawks, Electric Ballroom, Camden – 16th September 2026

September 28, 2026 0

About a decade ago, I formulated a new genre based on a particular guitar sound that would for several years be heard on Radio 2 after midnight on Friday and Saturday nights. Bob Harris Country is […]

Bluegrass Briefs: Sociograss, Triple Fiddle, The Runaway Strings, Lindsay Lou

September 28, 2026 0

This time, Bluegrass Briefs features music from around the world and all across the Bluegrass tradition, from the rough and rowdy Scottish ways of Sociograss to the almost classical music of Triple Fiddle from Minnesota and […]

Year: 2020

Video Premiere: Love Me in the Dark “Circle Up the Wagons”

Waco Brothers “Resist!” (Bloodshot Records, 2020)

AUK’s Chain Gang: James McMurtry “Childish Things”

Sturgill Simpson tests positive for Covid-19

Liv Greene “Every Bright Penny” (Independent, 2020)

Ian Noe “Canyon Falls Trailer Band”

Live Review: The Jayhawks, Electric Ballroom, Camden – 16th September 2026

Bluegrass Briefs: Sociograss, Triple Fiddle, The Runaway Strings, Lindsay Lou

Jack Browning “Painted Skies”

Preview: Glasgow Americana Festival 2026, 30th September – 4th October