2018 – Page 240 – Americana UK

Rebecca Turn “Waves EP” (Independent 2018)

March 23, 2018 Keith Hargreaves 0

A Porthcawl native, Hurn was plucked from playing local open mic sessions as her reputation was spreading by none other than Pixie Lott showing a canny knack for spotting a talent. A glorious voice, mature beyond […]

Video: Mary Chapin Carpenter “Quittin’ Time”

March 23, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

This week’s retro slot has something nice to ease you into your weekend. A live stripped back version of the wonderful Quittin Time by Mary Chapin Carpenter. Have a good weekend everyone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_4wR0Q3wVE

Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats “Tearing at the Seams” (Stax Records, 2018)

March 22, 2018 Jim Finnie 0

When you think of the good ol’ USA and start to muse on the hotbeds of music over the years, the names of the famous music cities start to drift through the psyche as a misty-eyed […]

Trampled by Turtles “The Middle” – Listen

March 22, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

The creative bluegrass band named after what would probably be quite a traumatic experience reunited in a Minnesota cabin only a few months back but they’ve already laid down enough tracks for a new studio album […]

Courtney Marie Andrews “May Your Kindness Remain” (Loose Music, 2018)

March 22, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

‘May Your Kindness Remain’ is a very different album to Courtney Marie Andrews’ previous release ‘Honest Life’, less directly personal and far more sombre. Which is hardly surprising since the last album was driven by the […]

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