2023 – Page 131 – Americana UK

AUK’s Chain Gang: Another emotionally raw song from the other end of the telescope “Your Daddy Hates Me”

August 29, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

Following ‘I Can’t Make You Love Me’ by Bonnie Raitt, we are exploring the polar opposite of love with this wonderful Drive-By Truckers song from the ‘Decoration Day‘ album. This is Patterson Hood’s lament for an […]

Jesse Terry announces UK autumn dates

August 29, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Connecticut-based artist Jesse Terry has announced his return to the UK next month in support of his most recent album ‘When We Wander’, the first he wrote since becoming a parent. Since the release of the […]

Americana Vinyl Treasures: Various Artists “God Less America” – Crypt Records, 1995

August 29, 2023 Guy Lincoln 1

In late 1995 Tim Warren compiled an LP of 50s and 60s country songs entitled ‘God Less America’ that he released on his Crypt record label. Nigh-on 20 years later in 2014 Todd Starnes had a […]

The Paper Kites art work for At The Roadhouse

The Paper Kites “At The Roadhouse”

August 29, 2023 Richard Parkinson 0

A warm and intimate record which should delight The Paper Kites fanbase. The Paper Kites last album ‘Roses’ (2021), their fifth if you consider the third and fourth records separately, was a record of collaborations with […]

Anna Rose “Pray To The Trees” – you follow your path, I’ll follow mine

August 29, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Everything is a journey these days, are we right? And this song is no exception – starting out in a questioning and searching folk mode it hits an emotional turmoil encapsulated in a grinding rock section […]