2017 – Page 87 – Americana UK

Lukas Nelson and The Promise of the Real “Lukas Nelson and The Promise of the Real” (Fantasy Records 2017)

September 20, 2017 Keith Hargreaves 0

Lukas Nelson is, of course, the son of Willie Nelson and the Promise of the Real has been his band for the past 10 years at least; this is their first studio album since their epic […]

Gill Landry “Denver Girls” – Listen

September 20, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Gill Landry has unveiled his new single Denver Girls which is taken from his upcoming album “Love Rides A Dark Horse” – he told Billboard: “It’s about a person as much as a conversation with life […]

Eric Westbury “Atomic Wilderness” (Barreltown Records 2017)

September 20, 2017 Dave Jennings 0

There is something immediately striking about this album; that feeling of familiarity and reassurance you only really get when hearing something for the first time that just “sounds right”. And Atomic Wilderness certainly sounds right. It’s […]

Emmylou and Earle headline songwriters festival

September 20, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear as the saying goes but imagine being taught the art of writing a song by anyone on this list. Rolling Stone reports: “It’s still summer […]

Video: Kate Ellis “Night Before The Dawn”

September 20, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

Another beautiful song from Kate Ellis, taken from her marvellous debut album Carve Me Out. The launch of the vinyl version is on Wednesday 27th October at The Islington in London. It’s only £8 and you […]

Something for the weekend: Chicago “Just You ‘N’ Me”

June 26, 2026 2

Well that’s it from us for this week. It’s PAYDAY for many people and if you’re dreamimg of a future when you can actually go out the of house without a wall of unbearable heat hitting […]

Tift Merritt “Sugar”

June 26, 2026 0

Merritt returns with a beautifully sung meditation on love, work and the sweetness hidden in ordinary lives. After almost a decade away from releasing new albums, Tift Merritt returns with a collection of songs that feels […]

Classic Clips: Lynyrd Skynyrd “Call Me The Breeze” – Old Grey Whistle Test, London, 1975

June 26, 2026 0

Somewhere I have a cassette tape of this session, recorded from the TV using the tiny built-in audio mic on my radio cassette player; very low tech. The recording was further embellished with random sneezes from […]

Year: 2017