2021 – Page 279 – Americana UK

Introducing ‘Readers’ Picks’ – a new feature where readers choose the music

April 26, 2021 Clint West 0

We want your suggestions for great tracks, video clips, hidden gems or personal favourites. ‘Readers’ Picks’ invites you to send us your suggestions for a piece of music that you love and that you think others […]

The Mountain Goats “Mobile” – Listen

April 26, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

This new song from the Mountain Goats is taken from the upcoming album ‘Dark in Here‘, which is due out 25th June and was recorded at the legendary FAME studios. ‘Mobile’ features both Spooner Oldham on […]

artwork for Bowerbirds album "Becalmyounglovers"

Bowerbirds “becalmyounglovers”

April 26, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 0

Break up and beyond from North Carolinan troubadour. Written over six years by the Bowerbirds’ main man Phil Moore, this album charts the slow disintegration of a long term relationship and the subsequent reevaluation of life’s […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Justin Townes Earle “Harlem River Blues”

April 26, 2021 Peter Tomkins 2

My colleague Harold Hogan opened up a whole world of possibilities with the previous link in this chain. Initially I thought of others who had covered ‘Dead Flowers‘ leading me to Jerry Lee Lewis’ brilliant cover […]

Piers Faccini album cover Shapes of the Fall

Piers Faccini “Shapes of the Fall”

April 26, 2021 Gordon Sharpe 0

Well crafted intimate and evocative music. It feels like this reviewer has been living on the edge recently – the edge that is of whatever genre definitions might normally apply. There has been a succession of […]