2018 – Page 144 – Americana UK

Little Steven & The Disciples Of Soul, Liverpool, 30th June 2018

July 11, 2018 Alan O'Hare 0

For the second time in less than a year, ‘Little’ Steven Van Zandt is on-stage and in charge of Liverpool’s O2 Academy. ‘Sweet Soul Music‘ has opened up the show and a five-piece horn section are […]

Video: Piney Gir “The Great Pretend”

July 11, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

The is the new poppy, leftfield and utterly captivating new single from Piney Gir and very good it is too. Comes with a great video as well.

Pornographer and bird hybrid Frontperson announce debut album

July 10, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

Frontperson, the new project from Kathryn Calder (vocalist and keyboardist for The New Pornographers) and Mark Andrew Hamilton (who has released six albums as the excellent Woodpigeon), have announced details of their debut album ‘Frontrunner’ which will come out on 21st […]

Marisa Anderson “Cloud Corner” (Independent, 2018)

July 10, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Marisa Anderson is a Portland based guitarist with several previous albums to her name, whose latest release ‘Cloud Corner‘ continues along a path of guitar instrumental pictures in sound. Here Marisa Anderson has found herself wandering […]

Khari Wendell McClelland “Freedom Singer” (Afterlife music/Membran, 2018)

July 10, 2018 Paul Kerr 0

Originally from Detroit but now living in Canada, Khari Wendell McClelland began to investigate his family history some years ago, in particular the story of his great-great-great grandmother, a slave in the States who escaped to […]

Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

July 2, 2026 0

It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Lucinda Williams Ballads

July 2, 2026 0

It would be strange to start things off by actually introducing Lucinda Williams, so let’s begin with a justification instead: Williams has been at it since her 1979 debut Ramblin’ Woman, though she only truly broke […]

artwork for Adam Beattie album "Home Fires Burning"

Adam Beattie “Home Fires Burning”

July 2, 2026 0

The hero’s journey echoed in the experiences of an everyman. It might be an exaggeration to say there are as many types of songwriters as there are songwriters, but then again, it might not. As well […]

Year: 2018

Little Steven & The Disciples Of Soul, Liverpool, 30th June 2018

Video: Piney Gir “The Great Pretend”

Pornographer and bird hybrid Frontperson announce debut album

Marisa Anderson “Cloud Corner” (Independent, 2018)

Khari Wendell McClelland “Freedom Singer” (Afterlife music/Membran, 2018)

Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

Essentials: The Top 10 Lucinda Williams Ballads

Adam Beattie “Home Fires Burning”

Book Review: Amy Speace “To The Performer, The Singer–Songwriter’s Handbook”

Juana Everett “Past Lives in California”