October 2017 – Page 5

Video exclusive: The Light Wires “Belly Of The Beast”

October 26, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

A fine gutsy rocking track from The Light Wires, the band fronted by Kentucky man Jeremy Pinnell (who’s just finished a UK tour) prior to his going solo, and taken from a double album re-issue of […]

Interview: Shamblin Sexton

October 26, 2017 Del Day 0

A few years back, stumbling into The Great Eastern, a salubrious pub at the bottom of Trafalgar Street in the heart of Brighton’s North Laines, my ears were met by Hank Williams’ unmistakable tones emanating from […]

Janis Ian “The Essential 2.0” (Sony Music CMG 2017)

October 26, 2017 Dave Jennings 0

With ten Grammy nominations, and being able to count the likes of Dolly Parton, Cher, Billy Joel, Johnny Cash (who apparently kept a book of her poetry in his library), Jimi Hendrix and Willie Nelson as […]

The Magic Lantern “Holding Hands” – Listen

October 26, 2017 Jonathan Aird 1

Born in Australia, before moving to the UK at 12, Jamie Doe began performing as The Magic Lantern while studying philosophy in Bristol alongside friends like This Is The Kit. Now based in London he has […]

Elizabeth Cook talks americana with Rolling Stone

October 25, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

And some other things to be honest. Rolling Stone reports: “Elizabeth Cook has been the hippie hillbilly queen of East Nashville’s Americana community for more than a decade. With an accent rooted in rural Florida and […]

Mary Gauthier “Reckoning”

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One of our finest songwriters delivers an album for our times with consummate clarity and lyrical daring. Mary Gauthier was something of a late starter, delivering her first album when she was in her late thirties […]

Sylvie finally make a full length debut which arrives in November

September 22, 2026 1

Sylvie, the project of Los Angeles artist Ben Schwab, has announced their forthcoming album, New Season, available November 6th, 2026, via Ghostly International. Rina (feat. Alex Amen) is the single out now. Reflecting on a passing […]

Features

More People Really Should Know About: Carey Ott

September 22, 2026 0

Carey Ott is nothing if not prolific. He hails from Chicago, and he’s a multi-instrumentalist, a producer and engineer and a performer. He’s released seven albums to date as well as numerous singles. In my music […]

Month: October 2017