February 2019 – Page 17

AmericanA to Z – The Delmore Brothers

February 12, 2019 Mark Nenadic 0

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 […]

Track Premiere – Smith Allen “Pouring Rain”

February 12, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

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 […]

Video Premiere: Hearts Of Oak “High Water”

February 12, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

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 […]

John Kilzer “Scars” (Archer Records, 2019)

February 11, 2019 Andrew Frolish 0

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, […]

Ferris & Sylvester, The Poetry Club, Glasgow, Tuesday 5th February 2019

February 11, 2019 Elise Kennedy 0

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 […]