2018 – Page 228 – Americana UK

Old Crow Medicine Show “Whirlwind” – Listen

April 6, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

OCMS, as we call them using the vernacular, are back. ‘Whirlwind’ is the latest song to be premiered from the group’s new album ‘Volunteer’ which is due out April 20th in the UK. It’s the closing track to […]

Erin Rae “Can’t Cut Loose” – Listen

April 6, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

‘Can’t Cut Loose’ is Erin Rae’s new single from her forthcoming album ‘Putting on Airs’ on Single Lock Records. That’s John Paul White’s label – and he signed her on first hearing because, as he says, […]

Andrew Sheppard “Steady Your Aim” (Wood River Records, 2018)

April 6, 2018 Alan O'Hare 0

Records that sound like the journey an artist has travelled to make the music you’re listening to are few and far between these days. Andrew Sheppard’s backstory includes growing up in the high desert plains of Hailey, […]

Video premiere: Jamie Freeman “Hasia Dreams”

April 6, 2018 Mark Whitfield 1

‘Hasia Dreams’ is the new EP from Jamie Freeman, a set of recordings influenced by his love of 60’s bands like Buffalo Springfield, The Who and The Beatles, charting a psychedelic course through Americana with the help of […]

2018 Maverick Festival line up officially launched

April 6, 2018 David Chalfen 0

Maverick Festival officially unwrapped the line up for their 11th year at a launch party held at the Gibson Guitar Studios in London last Thursday. The festival, winner of several awards and generally reckoned to be […]

For the Sake of the Song: Elles Bailey “Starling”

June 29, 2026 0

Some songs take time to percolate into you; others sear themselves much quicker. Starling by Elles Bailey is the latter. It is newly released, yet I already know it will be one of those songs that […]

Tramp for the Lord “Seven Clouds of Joy”

June 29, 2026 0

Stoner Paisley Underground type tunes from California. Based way out on the west coast of the USA, Tramp for the Lord are, according to their bio, a loose group of musicians who’ve assembled to do service […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 242 “No words this week”

June 29, 2026 0

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Year: 2018

Old Crow Medicine Show “Whirlwind” – Listen

Erin Rae “Can’t Cut Loose” – Listen

Andrew Sheppard “Steady Your Aim” (Wood River Records, 2018)

Video premiere: Jamie Freeman “Hasia Dreams”

2018 Maverick Festival line up officially launched

For the Sake of the Song: Elles Bailey “Starling”

Tramp for the Lord “Seven Clouds of Joy”

Sounds from beyond the Shed 242 “No words this week”

Track Premiere: The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome To The Family”

Video: Brian Fallon – “Ring of Fire/Folsom Prison Blues” (Johnny Cash)