June 2021 – Page 6 – Americana UK

Something for the weekend: David Crosby (feat. Sarah Jarosz) “For Free”

June 25, 2021 Mark Whitfield 1

That’s it from us for another week dear reader, and we leave you before the weekend with the title track taken from the upcoming album from David Crosby ‘For Free’, which comes out July 23rd via […]

Alejandro Escovedo “Algo Azul” – escuchar!

June 25, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

‘Algo Azul‘ is taken from Escovedo’s album ‘La Cruzada; which is released on August 27th, via Yep Roc. It might sound somewhat familiar – it’s the Spanish language edition of the 2018 album ‘The Crossing‘, it […]

Shannon McNally “The Waylon Sessions”

June 25, 2021 Ben Roberts 1

Shannon McNally brings a whole new perspective to great, age-old Waylon Jennings songs. There is quite a bit of an interesting background behind this new Shannon McNally album, as she revisits the songs of country legend […]

Clint’s Classic Clips: Nanci Griffith “Love at the Five and Dime” BBC 1994

June 25, 2021 Clint West 6

The BBC’s rich musical archive comes up trumps with this captivating performance from 1994. I can’t pinpoint the exact moment when I first came across Nanci Griffith, but it was definitely during the 1980s and almost […]

New Johnny Cash live album due September

June 25, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

The Owsley Stanley Foundation and Renew Records/BMGA have announced the September 24th release of a new Johnny Cash live album, which was originally recorded in San Francisco in 1968 by audio engineer Owsley Stanley. ‘Johnny Cash, […]