September 2018 – Page 10

Gregory Alan Isakov “Evening Machines” (Dualtone, 2018)

September 19, 2018 Mark Johnson 0

Gregory Alan Isakov is the kind of artist of whom -if one were not a devoted follower – there would only be a vague awareness without quite knowing why. The distinctive name helps, but it’s his […]

Gram Parsons “Streets of Baltimore” – Listen

September 19, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Forty five years since the Grievous Angel checked out. An electric band and drums? In country? That’ll never work. Thanks for shaking things up Gram.

Video: JP Harris “JP’s Florida Blues #1”

September 19, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

A fun video for this rollicking track taken from JP Harris’ new album Sometimes Dogs Bark At Nothing, out on October 5th and just given 9/10 here at Americana UK.

Kris Gruen “Coast & Refuge” (Mother West, 2018)

September 18, 2018 Graham McCusker 0

“‘Coast & Refuge’ is the fourth studio album from Vermont native Kris Gruen, following 2013’s critically-acclaimed ‘New Comics From The Wooded World’. It’s been an eventful few years for the singer-songwriter, sharing stages with the likes […]

Jim Clements “Not a Lot of Blood” – Listen

September 18, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

Every five years or so, Jim Clements emerges to drop a collection of literate, witty, surreal, gut-wrenching songs, before disappearing again into the shadows. A songwriter’s songwriter in the tradition of Leonard Cohen and Nick Cave, his songs have earned him […]