2017 – Page 212 – Americana UK

Bob Cheevers “Fifty Years Sampler” (Howling Dog Records, 2017)

May 5, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

In recognition of a half century of songwriting Bob Cheevers has pulled together a comprehensive 5CD, 83 song retrospective which covers, it’s claimed, ten genres of music, and taking a mix of songs from his albums […]

Brock Zeman “The Carnival is Back in Town” (Busted Flat Records, 2017)

May 5, 2017 David Stevenson 0

Canadian musician Brock Zeman has had an excellent career and shows no sign of slowing up his output with his thirteenth release, the highly ambitious ‘The Carnival Is Back In Town’. 10 years in the making […]

Uncut wants you to ask Steve Earle some questions

May 5, 2017 Mark Whitfield 1

The lovely people at Uncut have a regular “An audience with..” feature where they get their readers to send in questions to musicians and next up is americana legend Steve Earle. They prompt readers with suggestions such […]

Why country music sings about drugs

May 5, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Great article in RS Country today on a subject dear to my heart (since my other “head” is being a researcher in this field – not so much field work mind you) on a new study […]

Video: Jason McNiff “Cairo (Stuck In The Past)”

May 5, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

Taken from his double CD retrospective anthology, Rain Dries Your Eyes, out now, this is a great song from the much underrated Jason McNiff.

More People Really Should Know About: David Borné

June 30, 2026 1

On Singing Machine, Microphone, the final track on David Borné’s 2023 debut Genesis, he sings of the unbridled, innocent joy of making music during childhood for nothing but the pure love of it. It’s a soaring […]

Ian Prowse “No Names”

June 30, 2026 0

Impassioned energy and emotionally charged politics from Merseyside luminary. Ian Prowse has been making music for more than thirty years, first with indie band Pele, then forming the band Amsterdam in 1999, and now releasing albums […]

New tour dates for Brian Fallon, Pokey Lafarge and The Roseline

June 30, 2026 0

Occasionally, we provide a compendium of recently announced live shows, so here are three sets of tour dates that came our way in the last few days. Gaslight Anthem main man, Brian Fallon, who recently led […]

Year: 2017