2021 – Page 342 – Americana UK

Jaspar Lepak “Ever Gonna Fly” – Listen

March 2, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Jaspar Lepak has kept busy through lockdowns, the folk/Americana singer has taken up banjo and embroidery classes on Zoom, she also is an avid reader. That last is intimately tied up with her music as Jaspar […]

Video Premiere: Swallows “The Boneyard”

March 2, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

Here is the video premiere of the atmospheric new single from Minneapolis, Minnesota-based band Swallows. It’s taken from ‘In the Shadow of the Seven Stars’, an intriguing concept album due for release on 19th March 2021. […]

The Unsung Heroes of Americana – Takoma Records

March 1, 2021 Rick Bayles 2

We’re back with another article in our Unsung Heroes of Americana series and, this time out, Gordon Sharpe pitches in with an informative piece about an influential record label that punched well above its weight: Takoma […]

Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings All The Good Times 2021

Gillian Welch “All the Good Times”

March 1, 2021 Gordon Sharpe 0

Not the most sparkling selection of songs but well made by an established pair. This collection contains songs by Bob Dylan, John Prine, Elizabeth Cotten and Norman Blake, as well as new arrangements of traditional songs. […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: The Carter Family “Wildwood Flower”

March 1, 2021 Mark Nenadic 0

My esteemed colleague Alan Fitter set last weeks link in our long, long chain. With Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright he gave us not just sibling harmonies but parental – mother & daughter harmonies. Well, Dear […]