2020 – Page 312 – Americana UK

AUK Mini-Gig Tribute: Luke Sital-Singh Sings John Prine

April 8, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

This morning we woke to the news that John Prine had died due to complications arising from Covid-19. Prine is so revered for his song-writing and story-telling that many feel devastated by his passing and there […]

Trudy & Dave “Out Of Our Minds” (Blue Mood Records, 2020)

April 8, 2020 Alan Fitter 0

Trudy & Dave’s debut album ‘Out Of Our Minds’ isn’t accurately speaking Americana as the band hail from Norway but Norwayicana doesn’t really work as a category (and is impossible to say) so if you’re looking […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Ron Pope

April 8, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

We are delighted to share another exclusive ‘mini-gig’ to help keep the music coming in these strange times. Sharing great artists performing their songs is one small way we can help connect you to the outside […]

Video Premiere: WhiteWater Ramble “Chaw”

April 8, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Check out the tongue-in-cheek new video from WhiteWater Ramble. ‘Chaw’ is taken from ‘Pseudonymous’, the recent album release that covers a range of roots genres. The album is the third studio recording from the group in […]

Doc Watson and Gaither Carlton “Doc Watson and Gaither Carlton” (Smithsonian Folkways, 2020)

April 8, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

The New York folk scene of the early 1960s is one of those legendary moments in the history of popular music where an explosion of new talent mixed freely with the previously neglected talent of a […]

Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

July 2, 2026 0

It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Lucinda Williams Ballads

July 2, 2026 0

It would be strange to start things off by actually introducing Lucinda Williams, so let’s begin with a justification instead: Williams has been at it since her 1979 debut Ramblin’ Woman, though she only truly broke […]

artwork for Adam Beattie album "Home Fires Burning"

Adam Beattie “Home Fires Burning”

July 2, 2026 0

The hero’s journey echoed in the experiences of an everyman. It might be an exaggeration to say there are as many types of songwriters as there are songwriters, but then again, it might not. As well […]

Year: 2020

AUK Mini-Gig Tribute: Luke Sital-Singh Sings John Prine

Trudy & Dave “Out Of Our Minds” (Blue Mood Records, 2020)

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Ron Pope

Video Premiere: WhiteWater Ramble “Chaw”

Doc Watson and Gaither Carlton “Doc Watson and Gaither Carlton” (Smithsonian Folkways, 2020)

Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

Essentials: The Top 10 Lucinda Williams Ballads

Adam Beattie “Home Fires Burning”

Book Review: Amy Speace “To The Performer, The Singer–Songwriter’s Handbook”

Juana Everett “Past Lives in California”