2018 – Page 312 – Americana UK

Rob Corcoran “Inverse Alchemy” (Independent 2017)

January 4, 2018 Keith Hargreaves 0

An album of delicate playing, strong emotion and beautiful harmonised playing and singing. What more could a listener ask from an album. Not much, really. For the most part this is a collection of fully realised […]

Martin Harley & Daniel Kimbro to tour the UK

January 4, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

The combination of slide-guitar and bass that Martin Harley and Daniel Kimbro present is musicianship of the highest quality. The much-praised duo will be returning to the UK as part of Celtic Connections, and will then […]

Video: Tyler Childers “Whitehouse Road”

January 4, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

From his album Purgatory, getting a UK release on January 26th, is this excellent slice of dirt and grit from Tyler Childers.

Turnpike Troubadours – “A Long Way From Your Heart” (Bossier City, 2017)

January 4, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

It is an immutable law of album reviewing that at the end of every year when things are winding down and there’s very little new around an album pops up that is, quite simply, immense. It’s […]

Barney Benthall “The Drifter and The Preacher” (True North Records 2017)

January 3, 2018 Keith Hargreaves 0

Multi platinum selling Canadian singer songwriter’s 10th album which was released in his home country in July last year but has now been released here. It is in many ways what you would expect from a […]

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”