2018 – Page 263 – Americana UK

Christof van der Ven “Killed This Stone Dead” – Listen

February 28, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Showing his youthful musical influences of 1960’s American and English folk, Christof van der Ven is a singer-songwriter who is about to release his debut album from which ‘Killed this stone dead’ is taken. In his […]

Owen Williams “Standing Still Will Kill You” (Independent 2018)

February 28, 2018 Keith Hargreaves 0

Opening with the Gospel-tinged ‘Else The Devil Try’ and then dragging the choir into the far more country rocky ‘The Man Who Ate The Hurricane’ sets Williams’s stall out as a purveyor of the gothic country […]

The Hanging Stars, the Victoria, Dalston, London, 22nd February 2018

February 28, 2018 Mark Underwood 0

The Hanging Stars brought the sound of summer to the Victoria pub in Dalston on an otherwise cold and dismal February night last Thursday. Launching their sophomore release, ‘Songs for Somewhere Else,’ The Hanging Stars were appropriately […]

Video: The Mastersons “Don’t Tell Me To Smile”

February 28, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

A great video for a great song from Americana UK faves The Mastersons.

Tremends “Now We Know” – Listen

February 27, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

‘Now We Know’ is a ripe slice of fuzzed up guitar driven psych-rock. Juan Rozas demonstrates a fine restraint on the guitar solos here – precise, but not flash, backed up by the booming drum sound […]