July 2021 – Page 20 – Americana UK

Essentials: The top 10 Wilco/Jeff Tweedy albums

July 15, 2021 Rich Orpin 1

Wilco’s rise to becoming one of America’s greatest rock bands of the 21st century has been anything but straightforward. Multiple line-up changes – some acrimonious and bitter – rejection by major labels and addiction have all […]

Interview: Jack O’Hara on how Eggs Over Easy accidentally helped punk to develop

July 15, 2021 Martin Johnson 2

How a borrowed PA, off-brand guitars and a real piano created a new old sound. Normally, Americana UK interviews artists who are promoting an album, either of new material or a career retrospective, and in pre-COVID […]

The Hackles “O My Stars” – from Michael Hurley tribute album

July 15, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

The Hackles are Kati Claborn and Luke Ydstie, who are based in Astoria, Oregan, the oldest settlement west of the Rocky Mountains. They met when they were individually recruited to Portland-based band Blind Pilot, with whom […]

Video: Davide Cedolin “Vanishing Sky”

July 15, 2021 Cam Fraser 0

Psychedelic folk may cover a lot of ground, but it’s the perfect description of this gently hypnotic, languid groove from Ligurian artist Davide Cedolin. ‘Vanishing Sky‘ is the first release from his forthcoming debut album ‘Embracing […]

Jeb Cardwell “My Friend Defiance”

July 15, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 0

Melbourne’s answer to Tom Petty fires his first shots. Swimming out the swamps of Melbourne, Australia!? This is as good a piece of Americana this reviewer has heard in a while. Jeb Cardwell has a reek […]