2017 – Page 59 – Americana UK

Southbound Attic Band “Seekers Of Solace” (Independent, 2017)

October 23, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

Up and down the country there are any number of unsung musical outfits. Most never play further than twenty miles from home and they’ll never win an award or be featured in a broadsheet (or even […]

Video: The Penny Black Remedy “I’d Murder To Have You Back”

October 23, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

The excellent new single from London’s Penny Black Remedy, taken from their imminent third album Maintaining Dignity In Awkward Situations, has a classic country sound but with rather darker lyrics as the title suggests. The album […]

Margo Price: “We’re not going to allow things to revert back to the Fifties”

October 20, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

RS Country has a really interesting piece up today on Margo Price, where they chat to her about the forlorn state of the world and country music’s opportunity to do the right thing (preferably so we […]

Jessica Lea Mayfield “Sorry Is Gone” (ATO Records, 2017)

October 20, 2017 Peter Churchill 0

There are times when great pieces of music can be produced out of the most unlikely source material. As, in her own words, the poisonous marriage of Jessica Lea Mayfield unfolded before her eyes, she started […]

Dweezil Zappa, Royal Festival Hall, London, 10th October 2017

October 20, 2017 Mark Underwood 1

‪Dweezil Zappa could just be the finest current example of a chip off the old block in the world of rock and jazz. Not that there’s anything wrong in the slightest with tribute bands, but Dweezil […]

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