2018 – Page 145 – Americana UK

The Milk Carton Kids “All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn’t Do” (Anti-Records, 2018)

July 10, 2018 Denis Parkinson 0

The Milk Carton Kids are Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale. Up to now an acoustic duo who are gaining growing recognition and acclaim, but for their latest release ‘All the Things That I Did and All […]

Video: Lora Kelley – “Good Men Don’t Hurt You”

July 10, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

The new single from Lora Kelley is a proper country song with a great tune and a powerful message.

David Myhr “Lucky Day” (Monogram Recordings/Lojinx, 2018)

July 9, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Not many albums cross our paths that are the product of research for a doctoral thesis – in fact ‘Lucky Day‘ may be the first such. David Myhr has been working for four years on researching […]

John Murry + Benjamin Folke Thomas, The Lexington, London, 26th June 2018

July 9, 2018 Mark Underwood 0

“I’ve been trying this positive self-help bullshit, but it isn’t working. I know what I am.” John Murry is in darkly laconic mood tonight. But that’s not particularly unexpected – and while it’s perhaps unfair to […]

L. A. Edwards “True Blue” (Independent, 2018)

July 9, 2018 Paul Kerr 0

Hailing from South California, L. A. Edwards has hooked up with Heartbreaker Ron Blair in the producer’s chair for this collection of what is probably best described as “soft rock,” that genre which ruled FM radio […]

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

The Milk Carton Kids “All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn’t Do” (Anti-Records, 2018)

Video: Lora Kelley – “Good Men Don’t Hurt You”

David Myhr “Lucky Day” (Monogram Recordings/Lojinx, 2018)

John Murry + Benjamin Folke Thomas, The Lexington, London, 26th June 2018

L. A. Edwards “True Blue” (Independent, 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”