August 2017 – Page 9 – Americana UK

Mark Olson “Spokeswoman of The Bright Sun” (Glitterhouse Records, 2017)

August 22, 2017 Peter Churchill 1

If the marvellously vague and broad church that is Americana incorporates a wealth of musical genres then the latest offering by the critically acclaimed songwriter and ex Jayhawk Mark Olson undoubtedly has its roots firmly in […]

RS: “Country music stars are reluctant to speak up about Charlottesville”

August 22, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

There’s a great piece in RS Country at the moment about mainstream country music’s deafening silence since the events in Charlottesville a couple of weeks back which has echoes of a piece they wrote earlier in the […]

Mid-Sussex americana beer festival this weekend

August 22, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

If there are two things that go well together in life, it’s listening to americana and drinking copious amounts of alcohol to drown your americana-related sorrows in, and you can do both at the same time […]

The Last Dinosaur “The Nothing” (Naim Records, 2017)

August 22, 2017 David Stevenson 0

“The Nothing” is the long-awaited follow-up to The Last Dinosaurs’ debut album and it is evident from the outset that, that time has been well spent. The record opens with the short, gentle acoustic track Atoms […]

Track premiere: Paul Tabachneck “New America” – Listen

August 22, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Brooklyn singer songwriter Paul Tabachneck has been writing in his own words “relationshippy” music for a while now, but world events have turned his head to another subject. He told us: “One reason I always gave short […]