2021 – Page 350 – Americana UK

Alastair Ottesen “Pathless Land”

February 22, 2021 Tyler Davies 0

Skilfully written songs, stunning arrangements, all with a timeless feel. It can often feel as though timeless albums are a thing of the past, only to be produced in a rose-tinted bygone era, as if the […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche “I Can Still Hear You”

February 22, 2021 Alan Fitter 0

Reading Diccon Johnston’s article where the last link in the Chain Gang centres on The Cowboy Junkies, got me thinking about other bands with three siblings in them. There are quite a few “pop” bands such […]

Eric Bolander “Cold Men” – Listen

February 22, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

More than a chilling tale, some sort of gothic-folk creation, the new song by Eric Bolander is a song that protests the treatment of the miners of the Blackjewel Mine in Harlan County, Kentucky. The mine […]

Video: Jack Blackman “Whereabouts Unknown”

February 22, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

Check out the ethereal depths of ‘Whereabouts Unknown’ from Jack Blackman. The music gradually builds, with flourishes of haunting slide guitar, as Blackman muses, “What keeps this planet turning? // No-one knows, no-one knows, // While […]

Something for the weekend: Jason McNiff “Wherever I Choose”

February 19, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

That’s it for another week dear reader and we leave you with a new song by a man included in my top 10 americana albums of all time list which was published yesterday. ‘Wherever I Choose’ is […]