February 2019 – Page 22

Americana Music Fest 30th January, Hackney, London

February 6, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

Previous showcases at the AMAUK conference had run for just a single night – expanding to two nights had more than doubled the excitement. And if the previous evening had offered some hard choices then this […]

I’m With Her “Call My Name” – Listen

February 6, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

Any band that consists of Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, and Aoife O’Donovan is going to be worth listening to – but we all know that already. What makes this particular gorgeously harmonising song tenderly beseeching a lover to […]

Video: Sister John “I’m The One”

February 6, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

Now this is good. Sister John are a Glasgow band and their new single, out now, has something of the Velvet Underground, some twangy guitar and an Americana feel. Can’t go wrong with that or indeed […]

Sean McConnell “Secondhand Smoke” (Big Picnic Records, 2019)

February 5, 2019 Elise Kennedy 0

It is probably too early in the year to think about what your album of the year is, but it would be safe to say that Sean McConnell’s new album ‘Secondhand Smoke’ will probably end up at […]

Billy Bragg announces UK dates, lots of them

February 5, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

National treasure (I think we can call him that now?) Billy Bragg has confirmed details of a 2019 U.K. and Ireland tour entitled “One Step Forward. Two Steps Back.” In each town Bragg will perform three unique […]