May 2018 – Page 2 – Americana UK

The Magic Numbers “Outsiders” (Role Play Records, 2018)

May 30, 2018 MD Spenser 0

This courageous and beautiful new album from The Magic Numbers rocks in ways perhaps unusual for this band, which, early on, drew a large following due largely to the beauty of its melodies. This departure is apparent […]

Jason Isbell sings Townes classic at Outlaws gig – Watch

May 30, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

Rolling Stone Country are carrying this clip today which you can throw yourself into below – it was recorded at the new ‘Outlaws & Armadillos: Country’s Roaring ’70s’ exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. […]

The Wolff Sisters & The Last Cavalry “Cahoon Hollow” (Independent, 2018)

May 30, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

There’s something of Australia’s Waifs about The Wolff Sisters. Both outfits take folk and Americana as a base and reinterpret tropes, both make highly melodic, harmonic and listenable music, both are fronted by sisters (three in […]

Track Premiere : The Mallett Brothers Band “Onowa”

May 30, 2018 Jonathan Aird 1

The new single from The Mallett Brothers Band, ‘Onowa’, is named for the town in which the Mallett Brothers were raised just north of Willimantic, Maine. It’s a classic train wreck story – and this one’s […]

Tommy Emmanuel + Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniolo, Union Chapel London, 24th May 2018

May 30, 2018 David Fox 0

Islington’s Union Chapel is perhaps the favourite venue of many of the musicians who perform in London. It seats around a thousand people (on very hard Church pews admittedly) but the reward for the gig goer […]