March 2021 – Page 29 – Americana UK

Harbottle and Jonas “The Beacon”

March 9, 2021 Tim Martin 0

Traditional folk for the 21st century, richly textured playing on fine songs. “Lockdown albums” have become commonplace. Some are good, some seem more designed to while away the time. Very few have been genuinely great. ‘The […]

Johnny “Niagra Falls” – Listen

March 9, 2021 Jonathan Aird 1

Johnny is the stage name of Amsterdam based guitarist Joost Abbel, and ‘Niagara Falls‘ is a first taste of his new solo album ‘Collecting Dinosaurs‘ which is out on March 19th. ‘Niagara Falls‘ blends nostalgic memories […]

Video: Bomethius “Traffic”

March 9, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

Here is the latest single from Dallas singer-songwriter Jonathan Hodges, who performs as Bomethius. ‘Traffic’ was inspired a common-place incident on Highway 75. Hodges was cut off by another driver. Not unusual. But then, angered by […]

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Number 10 – Wilco “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot”

March 8, 2021 Clint West 0

After months of having their say, the collective wisdom of AUK’s writers generated a shortlist of the best americana albums ever. That shortlist has now been whittled down to a top 10. Today we begin the […]

Allison Russell “Everything I Wanted” – Listen

March 8, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Allison Russell – of Birds of Chicago, Our Native Daughters and…. umm Allison Russell solo – has started a song covers project, taking on songs that might not have been immediately of thought of as “hers” […]