June 2021 – Page 29 – Americana UK

Video Premiere: Becky Kapell “Is Your Love Gone?”

June 8, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

When Becky Kapell’s father made a passing comment, it sparked in her imagination a tale of love slipping away and all of the vulnerability, uncertainty and jealousy that those fading feelings bring. His words, “I found […]

Interview: Shannon McNally on why Waylon’s legacy needed a refresh

June 7, 2021 Martin Johnson 0

Why Waylon is funky and deserves to be appreciated by 30 year old girls and the pleasure of working with Terry Allen New York born Shannon McNally has had a 20-year career in roots American music […]

Joana Serrat “Hardcore from the Heart”

June 7, 2021 Peter Tomkins 0

Dense, personal and strangely anthemic fifth album from Catalonian singer. ‘Hardcore From The Heart‘ is an album steeped in contradictions. Joana Serrat writes beautifully fragile and diaphanous songs then surrounds them in arrangements of muscular force […]

Rickie Lee Jones Last Chance Texaco book cover

Book Review – Rickie Lee Jones “Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour”

June 7, 2021 Paul Kerr 0

An engaging account of a troubled kid whose dreams kind of came true. Despite her numerous albums and two Grammys, Rickie Lee Jones is remembered by many in the main for her brief relationship with Tom […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Eddie Reader “Dram Behind the Curtain”

June 7, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

Last week Jon Aird managed to link the concept of stars with Flatt & Scruggs’ song ‘Iron Curtain‘ – this week it was either Iron Maiden or Eminem’s ‘Curtain Call’ album but since even our own […]