August 2021 – Page 2 – Americana UK

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The Colorist Orchestra with Howe Gelb featuring Pietra Brown “Not on the Map”

August 31, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 0

An intriguing mix of Southern Gothic Americana and avant-garde minimal experimentation. Howe Gelb has a long pedigree of adventurousness and pushing boundaries within the genre and this album made with the Colorist Orchestra, as well as […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Shawn Colvin “Sunny Came Home”

August 31, 2021 Jim Finnie 0

Last week’s chain featured Sam Outlaw, who was christened Sam Morgan, and hails from Aberdeen, South Dakota, a state which is also the birthplace of singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin who was born some 250 miles further south […]

Sean Devine “Feelin’ Like An Old Piece Of Wood” – Listen

August 31, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Sean Devine’s voice sounds cracked and worn, as if it has itself been carved from an old battered timber, making it the perfect vehicle for today’s song taken from Devine’s new album ‘Here for It All‘, […]

Video: Ric Robertson “Sycamore Hill”

August 31, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

Ric Robertson is an in-demand touring musician for the likes of The Wood Brothers and Rhiannon Giddens but now he is capturing attention for his own fabulously distinctive songwriting. The North Carolina-born Robertson, now based in […]

Something for the weekend: Hayes Carll “She’ll Come Back to Me”

August 27, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

So that’s it for us for another week dear reader. Don’t forget that Toad the Wet Sprocket have a new album out today and while no track from it ever quite reaches the heights of ‘California […]

Something not really americana for the weekend: This is Lorelei “Oh No Now My”

August 7, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. If you’re an AUK supporter your new playlist will be with you at 5pm. We leave you dear reader with a new song from Nate Amos aka This […]

Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

August 7, 2026 0

At once nostalgic travelogue, introspective head-trip, and rootsy showcase, Madrid-born Juana Everett’s second album should be her breakthrough record. Past Lives in California swims headfirst through the murky waters of transit, both literal and metaphysical. Bring […]

Margo Price “Days of Unrest”

August 7, 2026 0

A powerful message that’s relayed with the kind of vigour and skill needed to make people sit up and listen. “In his oval room, in his rockin’ chair / He’s the president, but I don’t care […]

Month: August 2021

The Colorist Orchestra with Howe Gelb featuring Pietra Brown “Not on the Map”

AUK’s Chain Gang: Shawn Colvin “Sunny Came Home”

Sean Devine “Feelin’ Like An Old Piece Of Wood” – Listen

Video: Ric Robertson “Sycamore Hill”

Something for the weekend: Hayes Carll “She’ll Come Back to Me”

Something not really americana for the weekend: This is Lorelei “Oh No Now My”

Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

Margo Price “Days of Unrest”

Classic Clips: The Mavericks “Born To Be Blue” – Live at American Songwriter Studios, 2012

The Wild High “Listen to The Wild High”