2017 – Page 188 – Americana UK

Annie Keating announces UK dates

June 5, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Brooklyn-based Americana singer-songwriter Annie Keating has announced dates for a June-July UK tour, in support of her acclaimed album from last year “Trick Star” which she released a new single from called Trouble (as did Sam […]

Paul Kantner “Venusian Love Songs” (Floating World Records, 2017)

June 5, 2017 Michael Farley 0

Paul Kantner was one of the original hippies of the 1960’s and champion of the counter culture being an integral part of Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship. An interesting character and activist he was an important […]

Video: Steve Earle “Midnight Rider”

June 5, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

A great Allman Brothers cover from Mr Earle. Great spoken intro too.

David Hershaw & Sandie Forbes “Here Comes Tomorrow” (Independent, 2017)

June 2, 2017 Michael Farley 0

This is a twelve track debut album from a Scottish contemporary folk duo with all but one of the songs being largely written by them. The album is very strong and demonstrates the undoubted talents of […]

Juanita Stein “I’ll Cry” – Listen

June 2, 2017 Mark Whitfield 1

‘I’ll Cry’ is the latest single to be taken from ‘America’, the debut solo album by Juanita Stein, out on 28th July on Nude Records. Says Stein: “’I’ll Cry’ is a musical ode to the all-American greats […]

Video: Our Man in the Field “Wall of Sound” – a chance encounter with an Arkansas truck driver

July 3, 2026 0

Wall of Sound is the new single from Alex Ellis’s musical project Our Man in the Field. With typically thoughtful, sensitive lyrics, the song features fine storytelling, focused on everyday people and everyday lives, captured in […]

Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

July 2, 2026 0

It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Lucinda Williams Ballads

July 2, 2026 1

It would be strange to start things off by actually introducing Lucinda Williams, so let’s begin with a justification instead: Williams has been at it since her 1979 debut Ramblin’ Woman, though she only truly broke […]

Year: 2017