January 2017 – Page 2

Dirty Dozen: The Whiskey Gentry

January 31, 2017 Rudie Hayes 0

Following the release of their first two acclaimed albums, Please Make Welcome (2011) and Holly Grove (2013), the Atlanta-based band The Whiskey Gentry are set to release their third full-length studio album entitled Dead Ringer on […]

Video: Wayne Hancock “I Killed Them Both”

January 31, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

A darkly funny video for this song taken from Wayne Hancock’s latest album Slingin Rhythm.

Billy Bragg & Joe Henry @ Celtic Connections. The Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow: 26th January 2017

January 30, 2017 Paul Kerr 0

A bit fanciful I suppose to imagine that Bragg & Henry were taking their train theme a bit too literally tonight with the show arriving almost 40 minutes late, the pair taking to the stage after […]

Brigitte DeMeyer & Will Kimbrough “Mockingbird Soul” (BDM Music, 2017)

January 30, 2017 Peter Churchill 0

Despite the fact that Brigitte DeMeyer and Will Kimbrough have been working together for six years and collaborated on two albums Mockingbird Soul is their first official release as a duo. There are lots of influences […]

Ramblin’ Roots Revue 2017 announced

January 30, 2017 Mark Whitfield 3

If you like the idea of watching quality americana while guzzling down some decent nosh and drinking yourself into oblivion, you’ll be delighted to hear about a celebration of roots, americana, folk and alt-country music which […]