2018 – Page 234 – Americana UK

South By Southwest Festival 2018, Austin, Texas

March 29, 2018 Oliver Gray 0

The annual jamboree that is Austin’s South by Southwest Festival plows on with over two thousand artists descending on the town for a week long binge and that’s just the music. With film, gaming and politics […]

Video: Okkervil River “Pulled Up The Ribbon”

March 29, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

Something epic to end the weeks videos, this is the new single from Okkervil River, taken from their album In The Rainbow Rain. Have a good Easter everyone, more videos on Tuesday.

Will Stewart “Country Seat” (Cornelius Chapel Records, 2018)

March 28, 2018 Elise Kennedy 0

Will Stewart’s debut solo album ‘Country Seat’ explores his southern roots, with folk-rock being the foreground for the piece. The album takes Stewart’s musical influences from many artists, including Neil Young, with the electrified moments and […]

Jonathan Wilson, Omeara, London, 19th March 2018

March 28, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Omeara is a fairly new venue south of the river, not very far south, and in quite a hip area with a sizeable presence of pubs and cafes close by. Inside the performance space is bijou, […]

Sarah Shook & The Disarmers “Years” (Bloodshot Records, 2018)

March 28, 2018 David Stevenson 0

Following on from their great success and widely-acclaimed debut ‘Sidelong’ released in 2015 which led to the band being signed to Chicago-based Bloodshot Records, Sarah Shook & The Disarmers have returned with their own sophomore effort […]

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 […]

Classic Clips: Lynyrd Skynyrd “Call Me The Breeze” – Old Grey Whistle Test, London, 1975

June 26, 2026 0

Somewhere I have a cassette tape of this session, recorded from the TV using the tiny built-in audio mic on my radio cassette player; very low tech. The recording was further embellished with random sneezes from […]

Year: 2018