June 2022 – Page 7 – Americana UK

AUK’s Chain Gang: Whiskeytown “16 Days”

June 27, 2022 Tim Martin 0

Great, this feature has turned into a drinking game. So after Rick Bayles offered us Mary Gauthier’s reflection on drink and its perils, where else do we end up but Whiskeytown? I thought about playing ‘Dancing […]

Grant Lee Phillips “All That You Can Dream”

June 27, 2022 Paul Kerr 0

Grant Lee Phillips tries to find some sense in a world turned upside down Given that life is getting back to something like normality, one would expect the wave of so-called “lockdown” albums to gradually subside […]

The View From Across La Manche #6 – from our own correspondent

June 27, 2022 Rick Bayles 2

Turn Up the Heat! Here in France, June has been all about rising temperatures, both meteorologically and politically. As I am British, let’s start with the weather first. As I’m sure most will know, France has […]

Honey Cellar “Curtain” – drop the safety…

June 27, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

This desperate looking bunch of dangerous reprobates are Honey Cellar, a folk-rock group with pop and indie sensibilities that hail out of Chicago (which we’re contractually obliged to acknowledge as being “my kind of town”), and […]

Video Premiere: Lee Rogers “Barefoot in the Basement” (feat. Foy Vance)

June 27, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

What sets Lee Rogers apart is the the emotional resonance and authentic feel of his vocals. His voice is full of storytelling character and it stands out, once again, on ‘Barefoot in the Basement’. To give […]