2017 – Page 42 – Americana UK

Video: Steve Earle & Rodney Crowell “Stay A Little Longer”

November 10, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

From the marvellous film Heartworn Highways comes this clip from 1975 featuring Steve Earle, Rodney Crowell and Guy Clark amongst others. The talent around the table is just incredible. Have a good weekend everyone.

Grant Earl Lavalley “From Lavalley Below” (Exit Stencil, 2017)

November 9, 2017 Mark Nenadic 0

Having a vinyl LP to review is a great treat, but such subjective fascinations won’t cloud any impartiality hereabouts. Much. Grant Earl Lavelly as a musical whole, pretty much sums up ‘brooding Americana’. An Ohio native, now […]

Brandy Clark + Jim Lauderdale, Sage, Gateshead, 30th October 2017

November 9, 2017 Maurice Hope 0

Like fellow country singer-songwriters Angaleena Presley and Kacy Musgrave, Brandy Clark has a wonderful, at times sassy, sense of humour. She starts off a little serious, a little dark, but still okay, but then around the […]

Sturgill Simpson goes busking outside CMA Awards

November 9, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

If Simpson and Isbell had a fight to see who was the coolest, Simpson would be one up at this point. (But then the Jeremy Hunt thing… see, it’s never ending..) Billboard report: “The Country Music […]

Jon Boden “Afterglow” (Hudson Records, 2017)

November 9, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Jon Boden is of course a significant figure in the English folk scene – Spiers & Boden set a new benchmark for duo’s to meet, Bellowhead became a major label crossover band, and his legendary Folk […]

Something for the long weekend: Dolly Parton “Here I Am”

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Well that’s it from us for this week, and what a sad week it’s been for not just the americana and country communities but for, well human decency. Plaudits can be cloying when someone moves on […]

Chris Murphy “Songs From the Trees”

August 28, 2026 0

A strong storytelling album, highlighted by good songs, exemplary playing and a fascinating soundscape. Chris Murphy was born into an Irish-Italian family in New York, growing up surrounded by a wide range of traditional music such […]

Classic Clips: Poco “High And Dry” – The Midnight Special, 1975

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On January 24, 1975, Poco appeared on The Midnight Special, the popular late-night musical variety show that ran during the 1970’s. One of the six songs they performed that evening was High and Dry, an energetic […]

Year: 2017