2020 – Page 341 – Americana UK

Amy LaVere “Painting Blue” (Archer Records, 2020)

March 18, 2020 Sean Hannam 0

‘No Battle Hymn’, the striking first single from ‘Painting Blue’, the fifth album by Memphis-based Amy LaVere, is a timely anthem for a world in crisis. “No one’s ready to admit we may be out of […]

Video: Sunny Ozell “All That I Am”

March 18, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Here is the latest single from Sunny Ozell’s new album, ‘Overnight Lows’. The uplifting song has a great groove and is described by Ozell as a ‘femme anthem’. The new album showcases a range of influences, […]

Nathan Evans Fox “Kindness” (Independent, 2020)

March 18, 2020 Paul Campbell 2

Nathan Evans Fox’s ‘Kindness’ gives us a poignant and realistic take on our individual and collective need for benevolence. These songs aren’t banal odes to empathy but an honest and adult version of kindness as an […]

Gill Landry, The Old Queen’s Head, Islington, London, 19th February 2020

March 18, 2020 Mark Underwood 0

The origin of the expression “skeleton at the feast (or banquet)” has been traced back to the Egyptian custom of bringing a skeleton or mummy to a feast as a reminder of mortality amidst the festivity. […]

Luan Parle “Never Say Goodbye” (LPR Records, 2020)

March 18, 2020 Clint West 0

Luan Parle has had an interesting journey. Her first album was released when she was 12 years old. ‘Never Say Goodbye’ is her fourth album, twenty-five years after that debut and ten years since her last release ‘Full Circle’ in […]