June 2018 – Page 6 – Americana UK

Mean Mary “Blazing: Hell is Naked Soundtrack” (Woodrock Records 2018)

June 25, 2018 Dave Jennings 0

Mean Mary (Mary James), renowned multi-instrumentalist and lightning-fingered banjo picker, returns with her new album ‘Blazing,’ which is a soundtrack to accompany the novel she has recently written with her mother, Jean James. The novel, which […]

Jessica’s Brother “Jessica’s Brother” (Fika Recordings, 2018)

June 25, 2018 David Stevenson 0

Jessica’s Brother are a group from London formed in 2016, after drummer of The Wave Pictures’ Jonny Helm’s girlfriend (Jessica) introduced him to the man who would become primary songwriter in the group, her brother, Tom […]

The Lied To’s “Millionaire” – Listen

June 25, 2018 Jonathan Aird 1

Wow. Susan Levine’s vocals are just perfect on this song about how life, and family life in particular, can be so imperfect. With Doug Kwartler backing her up beautifully a song unfolds that’s full of weary […]

Video: Shakey Graves “Kids These Days”

June 25, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

Starting the week with a great video to accompany the excellent new single from Shakey Graves, taken from his album Can’t Wake Up. he’s on tour in the UK in November.

RS lists best country and americana album so far for 2018

June 22, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

Have a good weekend dear readers. We’ll be at Black Deer trying to not get drunk too early in the day so do come up and say hello if you recognise any of our faces (I […]