2018 – Page 95 – Americana UK

Aaron Lee Tasjan “Karma For Cheap” (New West, 2018)

September 7, 2018 Mike Elliott 0

Listening to the second New West release – and fourth overall – for songwriter/guitarist/ sideman extraordinaire Aaron Lee Tasjan is an unexpected and glorious experience. Inspired by pre-teen Southern California days riding around with his mom […]

Colter Wall “Plain to see Plainsman” – Listen

September 7, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Colter Wall has a new album – ‘Songs Of The Plains’ – coming out on October 12th, and in advance has let a few taster tracks “drop“. The deep baritoned Canadian’s album was produced by the legendary […]

Video: Nanci Griffith “Across The Great Divide”

September 7, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

The retro slot this week has Nanci Griffith from 1993 and a lovely version of Kate Wolf’s Across The Great Divide, recorded on Later with Jools Holland. Have a great weekend everyone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVm5504kC8w

Cordovas “That Santa Fe Channel” (ATO Records 2018)

September 6, 2018 Keith Hargreaves 0

This is a great album, right off the bat all the boxes are ticked and squared away. Delicate triple harmonies, whoozy swooning choruses, deft instrumentation and just enough rootsy grit to keep the listener and the […]

Joshua Hedley, The Old Blue Last, London, 3rd September 2018

September 6, 2018 Mark Underwood 0

When Joshua Hedley hits the stage shortly after 9.30 this evening it’s to croon the almost jazzy supper club-sounding ‘Nightlife,’ the loose nature of which has him effortlessly accompanied by his backing band, the Hedliners. A […]