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Pick of the Political Pops: Sheryl Crow “Make It Go Away”

December 11, 2020 Paul Villers 0

Where would we be without the anti-vaxxers, nut-jobs, conspiracy theorists, flat earthers, god-botherers, fake newscasters, tinfoil helmet wearers, alien abductionists, first contacters, country and western fans, climate change deniers and teetotallers? We would be bereft of […]

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 […]

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 […]

Pick of the Political Pops: Willie Nelson “On The Road Again”

November 13, 2020 Paul Villers 1

We were momentarily distracted (we couldn’t work out whether the landfill bin collector and her adopted transgendered cat could be classed as being within our bubble for lockdown purposes since the advice was somewhat lacking) so […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Samantha Crain Songs

August 6, 2026 0

March, 2026, walking down Islington High Street in the rain, heading for the hallowed Union Chapel, the anticipation of seeing Samantha Crain live was palpable. Too many years had gone by since a summer night at […]

Bird “Held Here Together”

August 6, 2026 0

Atmospheric strings build a soundscape from folk and psych to support excellent songs. Singer-Songwriter Bird, otherwise known as Janie Price, has released a new full-length album. Held Here Together is made up of her two recent […]

Live Review: Joshua Ray Walker + Malin Pettersen, The Lower Third, London – 28th July 2026

August 6, 2026 0

It was a hot night in the West End, but thankfully the air conditioning was cool at Denmark Street’s Lower Third. This was Joshua Ray Walker’s first show in London since recovering from stage 3 bowel […]