July 2018 – Page 13 – Americana UK

Lukas Nelson and the Promise of the Real + The Americans, The Garage, London, 10th July 2018

July 18, 2018 David Fox 0

The Garage at Highbury Corner is one of those large black sheds which holds around 600 people and it was sold out on Tuesday night for Lukas Nelson’s first big headlining gig in the UK. Already […]

Album premiere: Simon Patrick Kerr “Doldrums”

July 18, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

‘Doldrums’ is the new album by Simon Patrick Kerr, and it aptly couldn’t come at a better time what with the absolute state of parliament this week – for the new record Kerr forgoes the rowdy psych-rock […]

Bert Jansch restrospective for October release

July 18, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Bert Jansch, the dazzling folk guitarist who picked up Davey Graham’s torch and ran with it. The Pentangler, the creator of themed instrumental albums, one half of ‘Bert and John‘, the surprising seventies electric guitar singer-songwriter […]

Jim James “Uniform Distortion” (ATO, 2018)

July 18, 2018 Mike Elliott 0

“Here I stand / goin’ through the motions with the mic in my hand,” so begins the lead-off track, ‘Just a Fool’ from the new aptly-titled Jim James album, ‘Uniform Distortion.’ Like many these days, James […]

Video: Frontperson “Tick-Tock (Frontrunner)”

July 18, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

This is the new single from Kathryn Calder (The New Pornographers) and Mark Andrew Hamilton (Woodpigeon) aka Frontperson. It’s quite lovely and has an equally lovely video too. Their eponymous debut album is out on September 21st.

Something for the weekend: Starpainter “Rabbits”

July 24, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a new song from Alberta’s Starpainter who this week have officially confirmed their new album, Cayenne Flowerbed, which will be out […]

Artwork for Jenny Reynolds album "Willow and Stone"

Jenny Reynolds “Willow and Stone”

July 24, 2026 0

Songs on surviving life from an accomplished singer-songwriter, with hints of jazz amongst the folk rock accompaniment. Jenny Reynolds is a singer-songwriter, initially from Boston but now firmly a part of the Texas scene for the […]

Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward

July 24, 2026 0

End Times Elevator Music is a special record to behold. From the Link Wray fuzz guitar rumbles on opener No Alarm to the title track closer, which arrives like Ben Schneider and Brendan Urie collaborated, there […]

Month: July 2018

Lukas Nelson and the Promise of the Real + The Americans, The Garage, London, 10th July 2018

Album premiere: Simon Patrick Kerr “Doldrums”

Bert Jansch restrospective for October release

Jim James “Uniform Distortion” (ATO, 2018)

Video: Frontperson “Tick-Tock (Frontrunner)”

Something for the weekend: Starpainter “Rabbits”

Jenny Reynolds “Willow and Stone”

Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward

Classic Clips: Patty Loveless and Chris Stapleton “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive” at CMA Awards, 2022

Teenage Fanclub don’t dare to dream on new album and tour this autumn