2020 – Page 390 – Americana UK

AUK’s Chain Gang: Gretchen Peters “Hello Cruel World”

February 10, 2020 Rick Bayles 1

Following on from Peter Churchill’s excellent choice last week I was thinking that what I particularly love about Americana is the quality of the songwriting. With that in mind I’ve decided to post a track from […]

Video: Mapache “Life on Fire”

February 10, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

The video for ‘Life on Fire’ has a retro, home-video style and is as feel-good as the music. It’s taken from their new album, ‘From Liberty Street’, which is due for release on 20th March. Clay […]

Black Deer add Robert Plant’s band to their line up

February 10, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Black Deer Festival’s line up for 2020 is already looking good, having as they do Wilco, The Waterboys, The Dead South, Courtney Marie Andrews and The Felice Brothers all playing over the course of the weekend, […]

The Hanging Stars “A New Kind Of Sky” (Crimson Crow, 2020)

February 10, 2020 Paul Kerr 1

The Hanging Stars have always had the “cosmic Americana” tag hung around their necks but on ‘A New Kind Of Sky‘, their third release, they fully deserve to be so called as they wander wonderfully in […]

Video: Cave Flowers “Midnight Movie”

February 10, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Here’s the wildly imaginative animated video for ‘Midnight Movie’, the latest single from tuneful country rockers, Cave Flowers. The band’s self-titled debut album, which was recorded by Chris Rondinella (Levon Helm’s ‘Midnight Ramble Sessions’) and mixed […]