2018 – Page 230 – Americana UK

Silver Jews finally available to stream on Spotify

April 5, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

You can finally hear probably the finest lyricist alive today on Spotify (“In 1984 I was hospitalized for approaching perfection” – try that Ed Sheeran) and other streaming services in the UK as Drag City have […]

Woods End “II” (Independent, 2018)

April 5, 2018 Scott Baxter 0

Brendan Behan said ‘critics are like eunuchs at a harem; the know how it’s done, they’ve seen it done every day, but they’re unable to do it themselves.’ While I’d stop short of referring to myself […]

Video: John Smith “Save My Life”

April 5, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

This is the latest single taken from John Smith’s outstanding album Headlong and very good it is too. Catch him on tour with Gomez in April and May.

Steven Adams & The French Drops “Virtue Signals” (Hudson Records, 2018)

April 4, 2018 Graham McCusker 0

It may be fast-approaching a decade since indie heroes the Broken Family Band decided to call it a day, but lead singer Steven Adams has remained prolific, releasing numerous records under a variety of monikers. The latest of […]

Sarah Shook & The Disarmers “New Ways To Fail” – Listen

April 4, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Remember when the Americana scene was full of ex-punks who’d brought a kick-ass sensibility to a moribund music? Well, Sarah Shook has the right credentials – her inspirations are the Pistols, Elliott Smith and Hank Williams. […]

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

June 29, 2026 0

Here’s a performance to bridge generations. Brian Fallon from The Gaslight Anthem paid tribute to the legendary Johnny Cash with his contribution to Music America: The Songs That Shaped Us, Celebrating 250 Years of American Music. This […]

Something for the weekend: Chicago “Just You ‘N’ Me”

June 26, 2026 2

Well that’s it from us for this week. It’s PAYDAY for many people and if you’re dreamimg of a future when you can actually go out the of house without a wall of unbearable heat hitting […]

Tift Merritt “Sugar”

June 26, 2026 0

Merritt returns with a beautifully sung meditation on love, work and the sweetness hidden in ordinary lives. After almost a decade away from releasing new albums, Tift Merritt returns with a collection of songs that feels […]

Year: 2018