May 2017 – Page 5 – Americana UK

Dirty Dozen: Molly’s Kiss

May 25, 2017 Rudie Hayes 0

Molly’s Kiss is a folk band, lost in the middle of France, composed of a guitar, an accordion, two voices and the will to give simple and catchy songs. Folk melodies, rock energy and generosity! Molly’s Kiss […]

The Turtles swim free again

May 25, 2017 Jonathan Aird 2

May 2017 has seen many peculiar events popping up in the news, an almost daily dose of incredulity. Here comes another one. Somewhat unheralded Edsel Records have re-issued deluxe expanded versions of all six original albums […]

Andrew Combs, London Borderline, 9th May 2017

May 25, 2017 Tim Merricks 0

Sixty seconds into show opener Rose Colored Blues and the famously hard to please Borderline feet were tapping. Quite an achievement for an Americana songsmith faced with a London crowd of semi-interested drinkers with a copy […]

My Darling Clementine still testifying – New album and tour dates

May 25, 2017 Paul Kerr 0

Husband and wife team, Michael Weston King and Lou Dalgleish – My Darling Clementine – continue to forge ahead with their celebration of the classic country duets of the sixties and seventies with their fourth album, […]

Video: The Deslondes “Hurricane Shakedown”

May 25, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

A great video for a song to get your dancing shoes out for, taken from the new album Hurry Home, out on June 23rd.

Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music

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If a music writer opens ten press releases this month, they’ll spot something odd. They all sound like the same person wrote them. Not because the artists share a publicist, or because there’s a house style […]

Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”

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A cycle of Appalachian folk songs from writer and activist Si Kahn, subtitled Songs for Strong Kentucky Women The subtitle for this album is “Si Kahn’s Songs for Strong Kentucky Women”. Si Kahn is one of […]

Ad for American Beauty album 5th December 1970

For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”