2021 – Page 248 – Americana UK

Neal Sawyer “Ballads of the Mortal”

May 24, 2021 David Jarman 0

A promising debut from home-grown multi-instrumentalist Sawyer, with southern Gothic flavours. ‘Ballads of the Mortal’ is the debut solo release on CD from Neal Sawyer, hailing from Staffordshire. Previously the founder and songwriter in quartet Guile, […]

AUK Chain Gang: Patterson Hood “Come Back Little Star”

May 24, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 3

Will Johnson to Patterson Hood – How is this you ask? In 2012 one of the all-time great Americana bills played at the Forum Kentish Town. The Alabama Shakes headlined supported by Patterson Hood and one… […]

On his 80th birthday – Bob Dylan has a song for you

May 24, 2021 Jonathan Aird 2

The thing is that there is really no such thing as a bad Bob Dylan studio album. You disagree? Well, you’re entitled to your opinion but for an album to be truly bad then there has […]

Gawain And The Green Knight “Fingers” – Listen

May 24, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Gawain and the Green Knight are a literary folk duo of Alexia Antoniou and Mike O’Malley, whose stage act (as far as we know) does not include challenging the pure of heart to a little game […]

Video: Molly Tuttle feat. Iron & Wine “You Don’t Get Me High Anymore”

May 24, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

Molly Tuttle’s fabulous guitar-playing and melodic vocal are both flawless and, seemingly, so effortless in this performance of ‘You Don’t Get Me High Anymore’. This Phantogram song is another perfectly-chosen cover from Tuttle, who is an […]

Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

July 2, 2026 0

It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Lucinda Williams Ballads

July 2, 2026 0

It would be strange to start things off by actually introducing Lucinda Williams, so let’s begin with a justification instead: Williams has been at it since her 1979 debut Ramblin’ Woman, though she only truly broke […]

artwork for Adam Beattie album "Home Fires Burning"

Adam Beattie “Home Fires Burning”

July 2, 2026 0

The hero’s journey echoed in the experiences of an everyman. It might be an exaggeration to say there are as many types of songwriters as there are songwriters, but then again, it might not. As well […]

Year: 2021

Neal Sawyer “Ballads of the Mortal”

AUK Chain Gang: Patterson Hood “Come Back Little Star”

On his 80th birthday – Bob Dylan has a song for you

Gawain And The Green Knight “Fingers” – Listen

Video: Molly Tuttle feat. Iron & Wine “You Don’t Get Me High Anymore”

Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

Essentials: The Top 10 Lucinda Williams Ballads

Adam Beattie “Home Fires Burning”

Book Review: Amy Speace “To The Performer, The Singer–Songwriter’s Handbook”

Juana Everett “Past Lives in California”