2020 – Page 383 – Americana UK

Video: Elephant Stone “We Cry For Harmonia”

February 14, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Elephant Stone’s dreamy sound is perfectly complemented by this animated video for the final single to be released from new album, ‘Hollow’. The director, Mike Turzanski, says of the video: “I wanted to make a series […]

Daddy Long Legs + Thee Windom Earles, The Lantern, Halifax, 2nd February 2020

February 14, 2020 Guy Lincoln 0

Halifax has come up in the world don’t ya know, such that it has reached the giddy heights of (almost) favourable comparison to a minor neighbourhood in the eastern fringes of London; having been dubbed ‘Shoreditch […]

Vera Van Heeringen “Won’t Be Broken” (Wood & Steel, 2020)

February 14, 2020 Guy Lincoln 0

Look, there are a lot of acoustic-based female singer-songwriters out there who are recording and performing in the same arena as Vera Van Heeringen; no need to name them here as this review is part of […]

Nicole Atkins records with “weirdest, craziest band ever”

February 14, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Nicole Atkins returns with a new album ‘Italian Ice‘ to be released on the 17th of April via Single Lock Records. The title references her Asbury Park days, where the titular treat was available on the […]

Pick of the Political Pops: Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians “The President”

February 14, 2020 Paul Villers 0

So for the past couple of weeks we have been considering notions of ‘democracy’ and in this latest instalment of ‘PPP’ we are going to further postulate on the idea of ‘rule’ (cracy) by the ‘people’ […]

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

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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