2020 – Page 401 – Americana UK

The Felice Brothers +The Rails+ Carson McHone @Celtic Connections, St Luke’s, Glasgow, 24th January 2020

January 31, 2020 KC Vines 0

On a recent Friday night in Glasgow’s East End, at St Luke’s, around the corner from Barrowlands, Ian and James Felice glance up at the room that they could have sold-out many times and smile to […]

Pick of the Political Pops: Ralph McTell “England”

January 31, 2020 Paul Villers 0

Well that, in a sense, is that. As you read this piece you will either be preparing for the party of your lives or hiding in your metaphorical beds hoping it will all just be a […]

David Dondero “Filter Bubble Blues” (Fluff & Gravy Records, 2020)

January 31, 2020 Scott Baxter 0

What does it say about me that I hadn’t heard of David Dondero before this LP? Especially given that in 2006, NPR’s All Songs Considered named him one of the best living songwriters alongside similarly underrated […]

Bonny Light Horseman “Bright Morning Stars” – Listen

January 31, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Bonny Light Horseman may have come together as a “folk supergroup” almost by accident but the combined talents of Anaïs Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson and Josh Kaufman’s, here augmented by Justin Vernon do not produce haunting […]

AMAUK Awards Night- the Winners Revealed

January 31, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Capping off what had been a spectacular couple of days of the Americana Fest Showcase nights came the Americana Music Association UK’s annual awards evening, this year held at the spectacular Troxy. An all-star event, with […]