2020 – Page 54 – Americana UK

Video: Austin Lucas “Drive”

November 10, 2020 Andrew Frolish 2

Austin Lucas has been sheltering in Mainz, Germany, throughout the coronavirus pandemic, observing his homeland from afar. He has used his time, and the perspective that distance brings, well. The Indiana-born political activist has just released […]

Dawes “Good Luck With Whatever” (Rounder Records, 2020)

November 10, 2020 David Jarman 0

Nashville’s famed RCA studio A has a renowned roster of great recording sessions dating back to its birth in 1965, from the Beach Boys and BB King, to recent albums by Jason Isbell and Chris Stapleton. […]

‘The Twang Factor’ presents: St. Mary, St. Michael

November 10, 2020 Clint West 0

Welcome to Week 7 of the first series of ‘The Twang Factor’. Our guest this week is St. Mary, St. Michael from Cincinnati, Ohio. Describing themselves as ‘indie-folk’ the band provide a platform for the work […]

E.Z. Shakes “The Spirit” (Pow Pow Sound, 2020)

November 10, 2020 Guy Lincoln 0

South Carolina’s EZ Shakes return with knowingly titled album number two, ‘The Spirit’. You can be forgiven for not being aware of their earlier work as they are only just beginning to find an audience beyond […]

Chris Pierce “American Silence Is A Crime” – Listen

November 10, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Chris Pierce does that voice and guitar and the truth thing, and does it with style on his new single ‘American Silence is a Crime.’ It’s the folk troubadour tradition of singing the news, and by […]