July 2017 – Page 26 – Americana UK

Jaime Wyatt “Felony Blues” (Forty Below Records, 2017)

July 6, 2017 Owen Gillham 0

“I stayed out of trouble most the time in jail” is, in its honesty and openness, as stark and discomforting a statement as you would expect an artist to make when describing how they came to […]

Ian Hunter & The Rant Band, The Stables, Wavendon, 21st June 2017

July 6, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

More than thirty years after departing from Mott the Hoople, Ian Hunter is still forever associated with the band which gave him his big break. That must be something of a poisoned chalice as he’s produced […]

RS covers 2017’s best americana albums so far

July 6, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

OK so there’s country in the list too but it’s worth a delve, and several of the records we’ve reviewed glowingly. Rolling Stone reports: “At the halfway point of 2017, the country and Americana worlds have […]

Emmylou Harris and Rosanne Cash appear on live tribute album

July 6, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

What a line up this record has, the next best thing to being there (or going back in time). Rolling Stone reports: “With songs that have been recorded by an impressive range of artists from George Jones, […]

Video: Daniel Antopolsky “Fish Bait Blues”

July 6, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

Daniel Antopolsky appears in a famous photo with Townes van Zandt and Guy & Susanna Clark on the latter’s porch. Sadly he’s the last of that quartet still around but he’s still making great music (and […]

Dave Sutherland “Just Like a Black and White Film”

September 22, 2026 0

Warm, wistful country-leaning songs find their strength in memory, reflection and some lovely understated musical touches. There is something appropriately old-fashioned about Just Like a Black and White Film, the sixth studio album from Dave Sutherland. […]

Lisa LeBlanc announces a new album and 2027 UK dates

September 22, 2026 0

Polaris-nominated Acadian songwriter Lisa LeBlanc has announced her new album, Patchwork, which will come out on 29th January 2027 via Bonsound, and has released the lead single, A Fleeting Thought Becomes Another Fleeting Thought, with a […]

Dogwood Tales “Every Star in Rockingham County”

September 22, 2026 0

Virginian alt-country band transitions into indie rock on their fourth full-length outing. Dogwood Tales celebrate ten years as a band with the release of their 4th full length album, entitled Every Star in Rockingham County, and […]

Month: July 2017

Jaime Wyatt “Felony Blues” (Forty Below Records, 2017)

Ian Hunter & The Rant Band, The Stables, Wavendon, 21st June 2017

RS covers 2017’s best americana albums so far

Emmylou Harris and Rosanne Cash appear on live tribute album

Video: Daniel Antopolsky “Fish Bait Blues”

Dave Sutherland “Just Like a Black and White Film”

Lisa LeBlanc announces a new album and 2027 UK dates

Dogwood Tales “Every Star in Rockingham County”

Track Premiere: Gary Marks “Where We Started”

Video: Prinz Grizzley “A Mountain to Be Tamed (The Struggling)” – There’s a devil in me waiting