2020 – Page 373 – Americana UK

Interview: Mark Whitfield, Founder and Editor of Americana UK

February 21, 2020 Andrew Frolish 3

Almost two decades ago, Mark Whitfield set up the Americana UK website and blog as a university project. And just never stopped. Essentially a bedroom operation, the site has evolved and survived changes in technology, social […]

Video: The Remedy Club “I Got You”

February 21, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Beautiful landscapes and beautiful harmonies feature on this new video from The Remedy Club. It’s from the new country-roots album, ‘True Hand True Heart’, which comes out on 27th March. The album has been produced by […]

Ian Noe, Omeara, London, 3rd February 2020

February 21, 2020 Mark Underwood 0

There must be something in the water in Kentucky given the proliferation of independent americana music performers from there in recent years. As proof, there’s not just well established acts such as Chris Stapleton, Sturgill Simpson, Angaleena […]

Gary Fulton “Blood and Dust” (Independent, 2019)

February 21, 2020 Linda Jameson 0

Having accidentally started playing the title track ‘Judas’ from Gary Fulton’s 2014 album of the same name on Spotify, the immediate thought was “ooh this reminds me a bit of Mercury Rev”, a catchy melody and […]

Pick of the Political Pops: Bob Dylan “It’s A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall”

February 21, 2020 Paul Villers 1

This week the great and the good, the mediocre and the medium and the poor and the poorest of the residents of Americana-UK Towers (actually they were all great and good but we like to be […]

Something for the weekend: Chicago “Just You ‘N’ Me”

June 26, 2026 2

Well that’s it from us for this week. It’s PAYDAY for many people and if you’re dreamimg of a future when you can actually go out the of house without a wall of unbearable heat hitting […]

Tift Merritt “Sugar”

June 26, 2026 0

Merritt returns with a beautifully sung meditation on love, work and the sweetness hidden in ordinary lives. After almost a decade away from releasing new albums, Tift Merritt returns with a collection of songs that feels […]

Classic Clips: Lynyrd Skynyrd “Call Me The Breeze” – Old Grey Whistle Test, London, 1975

June 26, 2026 0

Somewhere I have a cassette tape of this session, recorded from the TV using the tiny built-in audio mic on my radio cassette player; very low tech. The recording was further embellished with random sneezes from […]

Year: 2020