2017 – Page 253 – Americana UK

Andrew Combs “Canyons Of My Mind” (Loose Records 2017)

March 24, 2017 Tim Merricks 0

Sometimes Americana is a fickle genre; it spins off down blind alleys and one way streets in all kinds of maverick directions. Other times it shoots straight from the hip. You may have read that compelling […]

Son of the Velvet Rat “Dorado” (Fluff & Gravy Records, 2017)

March 24, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

It would be the understatement of the year to describe the torn and ragged instrument that is Georg Altziebler’s throat as “cracked” or “whisky scarred”. It’s a hollow rattling thing that speaks of dry deserts and […]

Video: Seafoam Green “Down The River”

March 24, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

Great song from this new outfit fronted by Irishman-now-Liverpudlian Dave O’Grady taken from the album Topanga Mansion due out in April. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVx4gJ5pXJ4

Rebecca Pronsky announces UK dates

March 23, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Brooklynite singer-songwriter Rebecca Pronsky has announced an April UK tour in support of her most recent album “Known Objects” and new non-album single Where Are You Now? The latest album was apparently “originally conceived as a […]

Aimee Mann releases new video from “Mental Illness” album – Watch

March 23, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Aimee Mann’s new album “Mental Illness” (with a fantastic cover) is out next week, the follow up to 2012’s “Charmer” where she returns to a more musically soft-spoken but still lyrically barbed approach, exemplified by her current single, Patient […]

Cover art for Jolene Marie album "Sun Creek"

Jolene Marie “Sun Creek”

June 29, 2026 0

Calgary singer-songwriter delivers ten vignettes that explore the intertwining of desire and despair on this excellent debut album. Jolene Marie is not an artist comfortable in the spotlight. With a generally private and reserved persona, she […]

Shooter Jennings to put out second album of father Waylon’s legacy

June 29, 2026 0

Shooter Jennings has announced the release of Diamonds, a new album of previously unheard songs by his father, Waylon Jennings. Physical copies (CDs, LPs, Cassettes) and downloads of Diamonds will be in stores on 13th November […]

For the Sake of the Song: Elles Bailey “Starling”

June 29, 2026 0

Some songs take time to percolate into you; others sear themselves much quicker. Starling by Elles Bailey is the latter. It is newly released, yet I already know it will be one of those songs that […]

Year: 2017

Andrew Combs “Canyons Of My Mind” (Loose Records 2017)

Son of the Velvet Rat “Dorado” (Fluff & Gravy Records, 2017)

Video: Seafoam Green “Down The River”

Rebecca Pronsky announces UK dates

Aimee Mann releases new video from “Mental Illness” album – Watch

Jolene Marie “Sun Creek”

Shooter Jennings to put out second album of father Waylon’s legacy

For the Sake of the Song: Elles Bailey “Starling”

Tramp for the Lord “Seven Clouds of Joy”

Sounds from beyond the Shed 242 “No words this week”