Before Americana, before Outlaw Country, before Nashville even; there was Jimmie Rodgers, The Carter Family and importantly The Delmore Brothers. From a dirt poor Alabama farming family, these boys fused blues, folk and gospel to create […]
If you like your music drenched in pedal steel and with a singer with a warm vocal, then you’re going to like Smith Allen. If you like your backup vocals performed by Miranda Lee Richards then […]
Taken from their latest album, Moves, out now, this is Portand Oregon outfit Hearts Of Oak. Aptly labelled “shoegazer country”, there are distinctly psychedelic overtones to their take on Americana. Great video as well. We […]
On the title track of his second album on Archer Records, ‘Scars’, John Kilzer sings: “…And may you learn to love the scars.” He may well have been singing about his own rich and varied life, […]
Glasgow’s Poetry Club is a great place for an intimate gig. With a sold-out crowd of 125, it was the perfect venue for the second night of Ferris & Sylvester’s first headline tour. The duo of […]
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