June 2018 – Page 5 – Americana UK

Wizz Jones & Ralph McTell, Junction 2, Cambridge, 21st June 2018

June 26, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

In the wake of the passing of John Renbourn in 2015, old friends Ralph McTell and Wizz Jones were prompted to finally get around to recording an album together the title of which – ‘About Time‘ […]

Nicholson & Randell “Candyman” – Listen

June 26, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Nicholson & Randell are Lea Nicholson (concertina) and Naomi Randell (guitar and lead vocals) and they hail out of the dark heart of the Cambridgeshire fen-lands. And they bring us this take on the Grateful Dead’s […]

Leon III “Leon III” (Cornelius Chapel Records, 2018)

June 26, 2018 Paul Kerr 0

Leon III (or Leon the Third if you prefer, their PR blurb mentions both) are a side project of two members of a Virginia alt-country band, the Wrinkle Neck Mules, a band this reviewer had never […]

Video: The Holy Innocents “Submarine”

June 26, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

A great new single from Americana UK faves Belfast’s Holy Innocents, light and deft and quite lovely. Excellent video as well.

Kim Richey, Kitchen Garden Café, Birmingham, 19 June 2018

June 25, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

“I normally have my roadies do this” quips Kim Richey as she arrives and fumbles with her guitar lead, setting the tone for an intimate, folksy evening more akin to being in a friend’s living room […]