March 2022 – Page 32 – Americana UK

Video: The Burning Hell “Birdwatching”

March 7, 2022 Ed Donnelly 0

Rapid-fire, literate, irreverent, surreal. A cascade of lyrics spills from singer Mathais Kom’s mouth as The Burning Hell blaze through their new single, ‘Birdwatching’. A jubilant indictment of the hustle, the side-hustle, and all the personal […]

Something for the weekend: Phosphorescent “I’m A Mess”

March 4, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader and we leave you with a track from an amazing new idea from Matthew Houck’s country-rock band Phosphorescent called The Full Moon Project, so called because […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Jon Stancer

March 4, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

Here is the latest of our occasional mini-gigs, a series of exclusive performances that we started when lockdowns put a stop to live music. Although concerts and shows have returned, these live recordings continue to allow […]

Andrew Ryan “Midwest Kids” – we’re the kids in (middle) America

March 4, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

‘Midwest Kids’ is a gently strummed recognition that each generation faces, more or less, the same issues as they rise up the years – a point which Andrew Ryan took to heart as he watched his […]

Classic Clips: Cowboy Junkies – “Common Disaster” 1996

March 4, 2022 Tim Martin 0

If you had a penny for every break up song in the world, you would have a lot of pennies. Cowboy Junkies normally perceptive lyrics are especially on target here. “A candle burning for everything I’ve […]