August 2017 – Page 19

Interview: Stevie Freeman, Chairperson of AMA-UK

August 11, 2017 Rudie Hayes 0

Stevie Freeman is the Chair of the Americana Music Association UK, the trade body for the genre and its musicians in the UK, with the express aim of further the exposure of its artist in the […]

Sarah Jane Scouten “When The Bloom Falls From The Rose” (Light Organ Records 2017)

August 11, 2017 Keith Hargreaves 0

Opening with the stately ‘Acre of Shells,’ this album sets its stall out from the very off, with crystal clear production illuminating each instrument and elevating the Patsy Cline like vocals to front and centre. This […]

Dirty Dozen: Juanita Stein (Howling Bells’)

August 11, 2017 Rudie Hayes 0

Juanita Stein has just released her debut solo album, ‘America’, on Nude Records. Stein, who is already known as the singer-songwriter with Howling Bells, recorded the album with producer Gus Seyffert (Beck, Ryan Adams) in Los […]

Matt Waldon ”Grow Up” (Independent, 2017)

August 11, 2017 Nick Jarman 0

In many ways beginning a record with an instrumental track is a big risk in the days of instant gratification and snap judgements on an artist. However, if you have stumbled across Matt’s music you are […]

Stereogum premieres new Tom Petty cover by Chris Hillman

August 11, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Stereogum are previewing a track from the country-rock pioneer Chris Hillman, a founding member of both the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, who is putting out his first album in over a decade next month. […]