June 2022 – Americana UK

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Martin Johnson

June 30, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

Deciding the Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century has proven to be surprisingly difficult, and the list has been through many drafts before crystalising into its published form. I’ve been trying to understand why […]

Eric & The Soo “We Will Stay The Same” – you and me, like this, forever

June 30, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Toronto’s Eric & The Soo have a new song out, ‘We Will Stay The Same‘, and this one is a co-write between band leader Eric Brombacher and guitarist/harpist Ken Yoshioka. It’s a song that makes a […]

Fellow Pynins “Lady Mondegreen”

June 30, 2022 Lyndon Bolton 0

Sensitive crafting of original folk for a new generation. At first glance the appeal of an album of reworked traditional music might be limited only to the folk purist. But if applied to this second release […]

Video: Our Band “Up Here on this Mountain”

June 30, 2022 Ed Donnelly 0

Americana duo Our Band have struck some subtle gold with their new video for ‘Up Here on this Mountain’. Five musicians in a simple studio setting, with singers Justin Poindexter and Sasha Papernik leading the way […]

Freedy Johnston’s new album features Aimee Mann and Doug Pettibone

June 30, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

Singer/songwriter Freedy Johnston has announced his return with his long-awaited album ‘Back on the Road to You’, due to be released September 9th via Forty Below Records. Johnston’s ninth album is described as “an extraordinary return […]