July 2017 – Page 20 – Americana UK

Avant Gardner “Interloper” (It’s Black Music, 2017)

July 13, 2017 David Stevenson 0

‘Interloper’ is the newest release from Avant Gardner, a multi-instrumentalist from Liverpool who has clearly been around for a while as this is his tenth release and the press release states that he is currently gathering […]

The Byrds “The Broadcast Archive” (All Access / Sonic Boom, 2017)

July 13, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

The Broadcast Archive is a three CD set of radio broadcasts – semi-professional bootlegs in other words. Two of the albums have actually been out (on this label!) since 2015, one is new for 2017 and […]

Van Morrison has new album coming up – and UK tour

July 13, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

There is a hierarchy in the list of poet singer-songwriters – and few indeed are the singers that can stand at the very peak alongside the recently elected Nobel literature laureate. Van Morrison is one such. […]

Video: Nadia Reed “Richard”

July 13, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

Now this is rather good. New Zealander Nadia Reed will be touring the UK in August and September and really shouldn’t be missed.

Billy Bragg’s new song tackles the new populism

July 12, 2017 Paul Kerr 0

As reported in Paste magazine Billy Bragg has released a new song, The Sleep of Reason, a spare electric-guitar track that aims its venom at social-media trolls, Internet addicts and folks who fly Confederate flags “just […]