August 2018 – Page 22

Drive By Truckers unveil new Adam’s House Cat album – Listen

August 3, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

Which is you have to admit an amazing name for a band. Have a good weekend dear reader – we leave you with news that Drive-By Truckers have announced the long-awaited arrival of ‘Town Burned Down’, the first-ever official release […]

Graham Nash “Over the Years” (Rhino, 2018)

August 3, 2018 Jonathan Aird 1

Didn’t we just have a 3 disc Graham Nash retrospective? Well, no – sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings but the ‘Reflections‘ Box Set was nine years ago. True, this release adds only one […]

Interview with Jim Walker, At The Helm Records and Brighthelmstone Promotions

August 3, 2018 Mark Underwood 0

Jim Walker is managing director of At the Helm records and Brighthelmstone Promotions. Last year, he put together a festival in his hometown of Hassocks, West Sussex featuring two of our greatest loves – americana music […]

The Pinkerton Raid “Where The Wild Spirits Fly” (Independent, 2018)

August 3, 2018 Rick Bayles 0

Hailing from Durham in North Carolina ‘The Pinkerton Raid’ (great name!) produce an Indie/Americana sound based around the writing of the band’s frontman, Jesse James DeConto. This is their fourth full-length album and is based on […]

Pick of the Political Pops: Tom T Hall “Sneaky Snake”

August 3, 2018 Paul Villers 0

We don’t pretend to know much here at Americana-UK Towers and when hunkered down in The Bunker we care less than we know. Except about hard liquor and great tunes. We certainly don’t pretend to know […]

Mary Gauthier “Reckoning”

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One of our finest songwriters delivers an album for our times with consummate clarity and lyrical daring. Mary Gauthier was something of a late starter, delivering her first album when she was in her late thirties […]

Sylvie finally make a full length debut which arrives in November

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Sylvie, the project of Los Angeles artist Ben Schwab, has announced their forthcoming album, New Season, available November 6th, 2026, via Ghostly International. Rina (feat. Alex Amen) is the single out now. Reflecting on a passing […]

Features

More People Really Should Know About: Carey Ott

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Carey Ott is nothing if not prolific. He hails from Chicago, and he’s a multi-instrumentalist, a producer and engineer and a performer. He’s released seven albums to date as well as numerous singles. In my music […]

Month: August 2018