2018 – Page 303 – Americana UK

Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires cover John Prine – Watch

January 16, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

Well this from RS will cheer up your dreary Tuesday morning: “The sight of Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires sharing the mic together became a familiar one throughout 2017, as the husband-and-wife Americana power couple solidified […]

Orphan Colours “All On Red” (At The Helm Records, 2018)

January 16, 2018 Paul Kerr 0

“Your friendly neighbourhood Americana supergroup,” they say, and while one might think that it’s a tad pompous there’s an element of truth in this statement. From the ashes of ahab, a band who always seemed to […]

Video: Christopher Rees “I Shiver”

January 16, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

From his latest album The Nashville Songs, this is a gloriously dark and gothic slice of Americana from Welsh singer-songwriter Christopher Rees.

Kyle Craft “Exile Rag” – Listen

January 15, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

The country-tinged “Exile Rag” is the delightful new single from Kyle Craft’s “Full Circle Nightmare”, his forthcoming second album available on 2nd February worldwide on Sub Pop. While working on a farm in Northern California, Craft coined the […]

Jaime Wyatt announces debut UK tour

January 15, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

LA based Jaime Wyatt, who has received some fantastic press over the last year from the likes of Rolling Stone (who described her as a “New Country Artist You Need To Know“ – that’s a new […]

Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music

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If a music writer opens ten press releases this month, they’ll spot something odd. They all sound like the same person wrote them. Not because the artists share a publicist, or because there’s a house style […]

Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”

September 21, 2026 0

A cycle of Appalachian folk songs from writer and activist Si Kahn, subtitled Songs for Strong Kentucky Women The subtitle for this album is “Si Kahn’s Songs for Strong Kentucky Women”. Si Kahn is one of […]

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For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”