2017 – Page 39 – Americana UK

H.C. McEntire “A Lamb, A Dove” – Listen

November 14, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

H.C. McEntire, frontwoman of Mount Moriah, is striking out on her own with her debut solo album Lionheart which sees the light of day in January, and she’s shared the album opener “A Lamb, A Dove,” along with […]

Billy Bragg, Islington Assembly Hall, London, 7th November 2017

November 14, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

A rainy night in Islington is the setting for this second appearance by Billy Bragg at the elegant Assembly Hall. This has been billed as the Bridges Not Walls Tour – and there’s a new EP of […]

Video: Tenement and Temple “Where The Wild Roses Grow”

November 14, 2017 Jeremy Searle 1

The debut single from Glasgow’s Tenement and Temple is a beautiful blend of folk and country with high haunting vocals from Monica Queen.

Great Willow “Find Yourself in Los Angeles” (Sedan Zero Records 2017)

November 13, 2017 Dave Clarke 0

In their debut album Great Willow have managed to recreate and update the sound of the California canyons in the sixties. The reference is there to the 60’s sounds of (amongst others) the Byrds and the […]

Blue Rose Code + Roseanne Reid, The Queens Hall, Edinburgh, 3rd November 2017

November 13, 2017 Paul Kerr 0

When you hear another member of the audience say, “This was like Van Morrison’s Caledonia Soul Orchestra,” on the way out, and you don’t think it’s hyperbole, then you’ve been to a rather special show. Similarities […]