2020 – Page 51 – Americana UK

Forgotten Artists – Lucy Kaplansky

November 12, 2020 Rick Bayles 1

Here we are with another FORGOTTEN ARTIST article, and frequent contributor Tim Martin is back to remind us about the career of a singer-songwriter who’s also a fine interpreter of other artists songs. Lucy Kaplansky describes […]

Austin Lucas “Alive in the Hot Zone” (Cornelious Chapel Records, 2020)

November 12, 2020 Mark Johnson 1

There is a post on Austin Lucas’s social media showing a sticker on a guitar stating “In November, just remember, Donald Trump killed John Prine” under which he states “My name is Austin, and I’m here […]

Track Premiere: John Lingard “Broken Receiver”

November 12, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

John Lingard was born in Nottingham, but moved to Australia when he was ten. This song, however, came out of a song-writing collaboration trip to Nashville and was co-written with Mark Watrous.

Video: Jamie Freeman “King of the Village Hall”

November 12, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Featuring quirky animation and some excellent lock-down dance moves, here is the latest single from Jamie Freeman. This previously unreleased track finds the nominee for ‘Best UK Song’ at the 2020 UK Americana Awards in a […]

Classic Americana Albums: Joni Mitchell “Blue” (Warner Records, 1971)

November 11, 2020 Helen Jones 6

Discovering ‘Blue’ by Joni Mitchell deserves to live alongside many other coming of age milestones for a particular kind of teenage girl: there is your first kiss, your first heartbreak, and then there is ‘Blue’. I […]

Dean Owenswith John Convertino and Joey Burns

The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks

September 24, 2026 0

It’s week 2 of the search for our writers’ Top 10 UK americana albums, and Jonathan Hincks will doubt add to the debate with his choice, as follows: With the hands of the Doomsday Clock edging […]

Album artwork for The Fool by Embla and the Karldotters

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

September 24, 2026 0

Norwegian queer-country assertively and affectionately delivering. Embla Karidotter was the drummer for Norwegian indie band Razika for 13 years, before she chose to change direction and build on her love of country music with new band […]

Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

September 24, 2026 0

On the 16th of October, Béla Fleck is to release the recording of a stellar Nashville night as a live album called Live Heart. On January 8, 2022, he and a multigenerational gang of musical heavy […]

Year: 2020

Forgotten Artists – Lucy Kaplansky

Austin Lucas “Alive in the Hot Zone” (Cornelious Chapel Records, 2020)

Track Premiere: John Lingard “Broken Receiver”

Video: Jamie Freeman “King of the Village Hall”

Classic Americana Albums: Joni Mitchell “Blue” (Warner Records, 1971)

The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

Izzie Walsh “Where Do We Go From Here?”

Americana Stories – Stephen Eyre “On the road”