2020 – Page 36 – Americana UK

Morton Valence “Black Angel Drifter” (Cow Pie, 2020)

November 25, 2020 Jim Finnie 0

The opening sentence of promotional material that accompanies this Morton Valence (re)release states “Black Angel Drifter is an album of unorthodox ’country’ music and unlike anything you’ve heard before”. You won’t be surprised to hear that […]

Adam Lee “I Am A Coward” – Listen

November 25, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

We’re really hoping that by now the demeaning spectacle of the American Presidential election result will have been resolved. We’ll see. Why mention this, though ? Well – Adam Lee put his new song out on […]

Video: Luke Concannon “Doing Nothing”

November 25, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Although it’s quite disturbing to see a marionette of Ed Sheeran dancing, this is a wonderfully creative video from Luke Concannon. The inventive use of a puppet-version of Concannon, dancing alongside the real deal, conveys a […]

Van Plating “Bird On A Wire” – Listen

November 24, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

First things first – this is not the ‘Bird on a Wire‘ you’re thinking of, it’s a new song that Van Plating co-wrote with Brian Elijah Smith. Second thing second – after her re-emergence in 2019 […]

‘The Twang Factor’ presents: M. Butterfly

November 24, 2020 Clint West 0

Welcome to the penultimate edition of the first series of ‘The Twang Factor’. This week’s artist is Martyn Moss from Brighton who performs under the name M. Butterfly. In Martyn’s own words: “M. Butterfly is from Brighton […]