Paul Villers

Pick of the Political Pops: Neil Young “The Needle and the Damage Done”

December 4, 2020 Paul Villers 0

This week we discovered that the UK’s MHRA – the medicine regulator – has passed the Pfizer vaccine as safe and that it can be rolled out to the public. Now we here at Americana-UK are […]

VERSIONS: “Dead Flowers”

November 30, 2020 Paul Villers 1

Here we are again with a new “VERSIONS” in which our writers examine the whys and wherefores of different artists treatment of the same tune. This time out Clint West puts ‘Dead Flowers’ under the microscope: […]

Pick of the Political Pops: Shammer “Never Tears Before a Goodbye”

November 27, 2020 Paul Villers 0

This week were overjoyed that Lockdown Mk II will soon be at an end (although as lockdowns go it was a poor relation to Lockdown Mk I – indeed other than the fact that you couldn’t […]

Pick of the Political Pops: Joe Purdy “I Love The Rain The Most”

November 20, 2020 Paul Villers 0

At Americana-UK ‘Club Night’ the other evening (club night is where we get together to imbibe huge quantities of alcohol then try and club the other bastards to death over the slightest grievance – usually but […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: St. Paul and the Broken Bones “Don’t Mean a Thing”

November 16, 2020 Paul Villers 1

Last week Rick Bayles noted that “She Never Spoke Spanish To Me”. It’s a rare occurrence for me too since Italy is my favoured foreign holiday destination. That said I was once friends with a Mexican […]