August 2018 – Page 21

Rayland Baxter “Wide Awake” (ATO Records, 2018)

August 6, 2018 MD Spenser 0

This album is wonderful musically, if somewhat inscrutable lyrically – at least initially. To write these 10 songs, Baxter set himself up alone in an abandoned rubber band factory in Kentucky, covered the windows, slept on […]

Album premiere: Owlbiter “Stud Farm”

August 6, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

‘Stud Farm’ might sound like some gay muscle porn flick but it’s also the new album from Brooklyn indie-folk project Owlbiter aka Matt Cascella which Americana UK is delighted to premiere this morning. Influenced by artists […]

JP Harris “When I Quit Drinking” – Listen

August 6, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

As mainstream country continues to becomes hollow and glitzy pop music about trucks and beers and dogs and girls (or boys) then this lead single from JP Harris’ new album ‘Sometimes dogs bark at nothing‘ is […]

Ethan Johns and The Black Eyed Dogs, Servant Jazz Quarters, London, 30th July 2018

August 6, 2018 Mark Underwood 0

“I hate name droppers,” Ethan Johns announces early in his set before recounting a session in which he got to record with some of the most famous names in rock music. It’s a conceit for which […]

Video: Kim Richey “Chase Wild Horses”

August 6, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

This is the superlative kim Richey with a live version of Chase Wild Horses from her excellent new album Edgeland.

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
The Chicks - Taking the Long Way (local streaming)
By Peter Thompson , 2 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Far From Saints - Far From Saints (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Ryan Adams - The Suicide Handbook (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Mudcrutch - Mudcrutch (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 2 weeks ago
RE: There's no future in nostalgia
Stonehenge was a fucking mess every time but it was a b...
By Keith Hargreaves , 2 weeks ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Great shout John I’m new here -Gil Scott Heron wh...
By Keith Hargreaves , 2 weeks ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Neil Young - Citizen Kane Jr
By John , 2 weeks ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Clarence White would have been 82 today. A little remin...
By Martin Johnson , 2 weeks ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen - The Call Us The ...
By Peter Thompson , 3 weeks ago

Ady Johnson “Under Gainsborough Skies”

June 24, 2026 0

Gently charming, melody-rich folk reflections from Suffolk. Suffolk-born and Colchester-based Ady Gainsborough presents his third album. Apparently inspired by life on the Essex-Suffolk border, the acoustic-based songs were recorded live in the studio, using vintage equipment […]

Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

June 24, 2026 0

As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]

Electric Elm “Play The Velvet Underground” – back in those endless days

June 24, 2026 0

Electric Elm is a collaboration between singer-songwriter Chris Bousquet (aka American Elm) and multi-instrumentalist and producer Eric Lichter (Earl Slick, Mercury Rev). Bousquet and Lichter are longtime friends who grew up in adjacent Connecticut shoreline towns. […]

Month: August 2018

Rayland Baxter “Wide Awake” (ATO Records, 2018)

Album premiere: Owlbiter “Stud Farm”

JP Harris “When I Quit Drinking” – Listen

Ethan Johns and The Black Eyed Dogs, Servant Jazz Quarters, London, 30th July 2018

Video: Kim Richey “Chase Wild Horses”

Ady Johnson “Under Gainsborough Skies”

Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

Electric Elm “Play The Velvet Underground” – back in those endless days

Video Premiere: Chris Murphy “Songs From The Trees”

This is Lorelei is back with a new album in September