The Armadillo Paradox are a country/bluegrass influenced duo: Sol Chase brings the bluegrass and storyteller/former hip-hop artist Jared Huskey brings….the stories, but new single ‘Can’t Hold a Job‘ is hip-hop free. READ MORE…
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Americana UK gives Spencer Burton’s new album, Coyote, an 8 out of 10
The vast spaces and wilderness of Alberta provided the inspiration for Southern Ontario country folk artist Spencer Burton to make his fifth studio album, ‘Coyote’. Time on the road followed by the claustrophobia of city life drove Burton to seek tranquility in which to reflect. READ MORE…
Americana UK just premiered “Gospel,” the latest video from Radiator King
We are delighted to premiere ‘Gospel’, the latest video release from Radiator King. Featuring a strong acoustic strum, rolling piano and the characterful, melodic vocal of Adam Silvestri, this is a song that brings to mind Brian Fallon and The Gaslight Anthem. This stripped-back version is even more emotive thanks to the intimate performances. ‘Gospel’ tackles the idea of ownership within a relationship.
Americana UK debuts the new single + video from King Nobody, “Three Birds”
Jerrold Ridenour, also-known-as King Nobody, has truly captured the sound of the desert on new single ‘Three Birds’. The combination of cigar box guitar, a strong bass line and looping beats by Saul Good give the listener a sense of the unrelenting, intense heat and dusty atmosphere of that harshest of environments. Ridenour’s characterful, almost-spoken vocal contrasts brilliantly with the soaring voice of Sabrina Rose for a chorus that flies right up there with the birds of the song.
Americana UK weighs in on Martin Ruby’s debut LP, Heaven Get Behind Me (out NOW on WhistlePig Records)
If you like the more downbeat end of the Tom Waits songbook and the intimacy of later Nick Cave albums then this is a perfect companion for your gloomier moments. Just don’t expect more than the wryest of smiles.
Americana UK debuts Sara Rachele’s new cover of Bob Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man”
Sara Rachele should have been in London, recording her latest musical project – but, hey, we know how that story went in this year. So Sara Rachele found herself at home instead. At home and musing on her folk origins – and songs she’d known nearly all her life. Songs like ‘Mr Tambourine Man.’She says it was the birth of an alternative project: “I wanted to sing some folk songs in the studio. And now, after being home, I thought, ‘while things are weird, keep music going.’” Fortunately she had the perfect home recording location to give her the live feel she wanted to imbue the songs with – her recently purchased new home is an abandoned church in rural Tennessee.