March 2022 – Page 24 – Americana UK

AUK’s Chain Gang: Malvina Reynolds “Little Boxes”

March 14, 2022 Gordon Sharpe 0

The link to last week’s feature is that of property and housing and, whereas we were contemplating an apparently desirable ocean-front property, this week we are looking at the other end of the market – little […]

Artwork for Janis Ian 'Light At The End'

Janis Ian “The Light At The End of the Line”

March 14, 2022 Jonathan Smith 0

Wonderfully rich swan song from legendary songwriter. Janis Ian is a name who will need no introduction here, an artist who forced her way into the male-dominated music business in the late ’60’s/early 70’s, alongside the […]

Erika Lewis “Loser” – the…err…winner takes it all

March 14, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Erika Lewis has a wonderful new album ‘A Walk Around the Sun’ out on April 29th, from which ‘Loser‘ is taken. It’s a classic song of betrayed love: “You said I was your lover, you said […]

Video Premiere: Luke Winslow-King “Watch Me Change”

March 14, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

Start your week with the premiere for Luke Winslow-King’s latest single ‘Watch Me Change’. This is the sort of song that makes you want to move, to tap your feet, to nod your head, to dance; […]

Something for the weekend: Frank Turner talks about why he’s singing songs for his transgender dad

March 11, 2022 Mark Whitfield 1

We thought dear reader we’d leave you with something a little different this week. Singer-songwriter Frank Turner never got on with his distant and disapproving father. Things got even worse between them when Frank discovered the […]