May 2017 – Page 19 – Americana UK

Tune into AMA 2017 Honours & Awards Nominations tonight

May 9, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

The Americana Music Association (their version, not ours with the “UK” bit tagged on) are having their Honours & Awards Nomination Announcement Ceremony tonight at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Ford Theater, hosted by […]

Scott H. Biram “The Bad Testament” (Bloodshot, 2017)

May 9, 2017 David Cowling 0

Biram peddles a scuzzy version of the blues, and on Set Me Free he sounds like someone who has lost their teeth the hard way and still comes up swinging. To his credit, he covers a lot […]

The Blinding Lights, The Battersea Barge, Vauxhall London 5th May 2017

May 9, 2017 KC Vines 0

There is a legend among Thames boatmen of a ghost ship, a vessel shrouded in darkness plying the grey river in the night. On board a band plays, guests revel and the music drifts out across […]

Skram “Head Held High” (Independent, 2017)

May 9, 2017 Paul Kerr 0

Oh dear. I’m sure I’m not the only reviewer who sighed when catching sight of the PR sheet accompanying this album which describes Skram as “an Americana style Hypno Folk Rock family band.” The hypno bit […]

Acoustic artists needed for Galaxies Collide Stage

May 9, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Are you an aspiring Americana / folk / singer-songwriter type acoustic artist? Potentially great news then : the PKD Festival is currently canvassing for artists to appear on the Galaxies Collide Stage at this year’s fFestival […]