2020 – Page 86 – Americana UK

Video: War & Pierce “Amen”

October 15, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Fabulous finger-picking and exquisitely characterful vocals are the highlights of this soulful anthem for our times. The acclaimed guitarist and songwriter Sunny War has joined forces with soul singer Chris Pierce to release music as War […]

Classic Americana albums: Alejandro Escovedo “Gravity” (Watermelon Records, 1992)

October 14, 2020 Paul Kerr 2

After a decade and a half of recording with a series of bands (including The Nuns, who opened for The Sex Pistols USA tour) and gradually mutating from punk to Americana, Alejandro Escovedo finally emerged fully-grown […]

Danny Newcomb “Mackerel Sky” (Rock Candy Mountain, 2020)

October 14, 2020 Helen Jones 0

Musician Danny Newcomb’s latest album sees him coming from an unusual perspective for someone whose life has been dedicated to rock ‘n’ roll: raising children, and sheep, on a farm on the pastoral Vashon Island. It’s […]

Watch Isbell and Shires cover John Prine’s “Storm Windows”

October 14, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit have been playing several fairly rainy nights of socially distanced performances at the Caverns venue in Pelham, Tennesse which concluded on Sunday night, but the previous night’s show took place […]

Video Premiere: Jeffery Straker “Morning Light”

October 14, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

From the moment Jeffery Straker sings: “I’m staring at the stars // But I ain’t Galileo,” over flowing piano, it’s easy to get lost in ‘Morning Light’. There’s a cinematic quality to the beautiful lyrics and […]

For the Sake of the Song: Elles Bailey “Starling”

June 29, 2026 0

Some songs take time to percolate into you; others sear themselves much quicker. Starling by Elles Bailey is the latter. It is newly released, yet I already know it will be one of those songs that […]

Tramp for the Lord “Seven Clouds of Joy”

June 29, 2026 0

Stoner Paisley Underground type tunes from California. Based way out on the west coast of the USA, Tramp for the Lord are, according to their bio, a loose group of musicians who’ve assembled to do service […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 242 “No words this week”

June 29, 2026 0

Please watch. Please donate if you can. See you in July.

Year: 2020

Video: War & Pierce “Amen”

Classic Americana albums: Alejandro Escovedo “Gravity” (Watermelon Records, 1992)

Danny Newcomb “Mackerel Sky” (Rock Candy Mountain, 2020)

Watch Isbell and Shires cover John Prine’s “Storm Windows”

Video Premiere: Jeffery Straker “Morning Light”

For the Sake of the Song: Elles Bailey “Starling”

Tramp for the Lord “Seven Clouds of Joy”

Sounds from beyond the Shed 242 “No words this week”

Track Premiere: The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome To The Family”

Video: Brian Fallon – “Ring of Fire/Folsom Prison Blues” (Johnny Cash)