June 2018 – Page 20 – Americana UK

Matt McGinn “The End of the Common Man” (Independent, 2018)

June 7, 2018 Dave Jennings 0

“Money, power and people: two out of three ain’t bad,” sings Matt McGinn on the opening track of this outstanding new offering. While ‘The End of the Common Man’ is about the corrupting power of corporations, […]

AK Patterson “Lady Greyling” – Listen

June 7, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Just when you think you’ve got a handle on AK Patterson’s vocal – seemingly an authentic and unaffected folk delivery – it veers off into an inspired breathy jazziness, skirting around the edges of scat. Alongside […]

Anderson East, Jazz Cafe, London, 30th May 2018

June 7, 2018 David Chalfen 0

London’s Jazz Cafe tonight replicated the steamy humidity of Anderson East’s Athens, Alabama roots on what was a sold out show for this artist who is described as as being an R’nB singer, R’n’B in the […]

Video: The Andrew Collins Trio “Big Toaster”

June 7, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

Canadian Andrew Collins is releasing two albums, Tongue and Groove on June 25th, the first songs, the second instrumentals. This is from the latter and shows some impressive chops. Great fun too.

Chuck Westmoreland “Long Winter Rodeo” (Black and Gold Records, 2018)

June 6, 2018 Denis Parkinson 0

‘Long Winter Rodeo’ is the second solo outing for Portland-based, singer-songwriter, Chuck Westmoreland. Available on Black and Gold Records, it’s an infectious collection of well written story based songs that exude honesty and emotion. There is […]

Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music

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If a music writer opens ten press releases this month, they’ll spot something odd. They all sound like the same person wrote them. Not because the artists share a publicist, or because there’s a house style […]

Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”

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A cycle of Appalachian folk songs from writer and activist Si Kahn, subtitled Songs for Strong Kentucky Women The subtitle for this album is “Si Kahn’s Songs for Strong Kentucky Women”. Si Kahn is one of […]

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For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”