August 2017 – Page 27

Hey/Oh brother! Dan Tyminski announces solo record

August 4, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

I always thought that Dan Tyminski looked like Jonathan Frakes from Star Trek. Rolling Stone Country reports: “A beloved acoustic musician and longtime member of Alison Krauss’s Union Station, Dan Tyminski has had a storied career […]

Scott Hrabko & The Rabbits “Summer” (Independent, 2017)

August 4, 2017 David Cowling 1

I know that this is grown-up Americana music, I know that it is well-crafted, slyly funny and expertly put together. I know it sounds like an Americana record should sound and I know that I should […]

Video: Phantom Limb “The Pines”

August 4, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

And Friday’s retro slot is this week filled by something that’s only six years old but with singer Yola Carter gaining increased recognition for her solo work it seems appropriate to look at her first band […]

Summertyne Americana Festival – Sunday, Free Stages, The Sage – Gateshead, 23rd July 2017

August 3, 2017 Rudie Hayes 0

On the banks of the Tyne stands the silver bauble that is the Sage, its otherworldly structure home this weekend to some world class performers, surely covered elsewhere on these pages. The bit that always interests […]

Interview: Sonia Leigh

August 3, 2017 Rudie Hayes 0

She is always in black, almost always in shades, she is old school cool, sexy, sassy and oozes that rock and roll chic long sucked out the business to make music by the lowest common denominator. […]