July 2018 – Page 5 – Americana UK

Letitia VanSant “Gut it to the Studs” (Independent, 2018)

July 26, 2018 Paul Kerr 0

Giving up a career in social and environmental advocacy to take up music full time paid off for Baltimore based VanSant when she won the Kerrville New Folk song writing competition joining the ranks of previous […]

Bob Rea “Southbound” (Shiny Dime Records, 2018)

July 26, 2018 Mark Underwood 0

Bob Rea, will be a complete unknown to most, and yet this Nashville-based singer-songwriter arrives with this release, fully formed. He’s actually been making music for 50 years now, even though this is only his third […]

Video: Andrew Swift “King Of The Sky”

July 26, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

Now this is something. The new single from Andrew Swift is a beautiful, simple and powerful song about grief as experienced by a child. It’s taken from his latest album Call Out The Cavalry.

Rosanne Cash will receive Americana award for free speech

July 25, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

Lovely to hear about this award whenever it crops up, and nice to see at least one Rosanne talking sense this year! RS report: “Four-time Grammy winner Rosanne Cash, who has actively advocated against gun violence […]

Izaak Opatz “Mariachi Static” (Mama Bird Recording Co, 2018)

July 25, 2018 Alan O'Hare 0

There’s a Wurlitzer playing through the bright and breezy ‘Got To Me Since’ that grounds the sound of Izaak Opatz. It’s strange, especially when you read that the quirky songwriter grew up in and around the national […]