February 2019 – Page 25

Michael McArthur “Ever Green, Ever Rain” (Dark River Records, 2019)

February 1, 2019 Ben Roberts 0

Michael McArthur is no stranger to the Americana and Folk world. He’s been releasing singles commercially since 2016, however, has never released anything other than that. Thankfully, McArthur has finally graced us with his full first […]

Graham Nash “On The Line” – Listen

February 1, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

This, strictly speaking, is breaking all the rules. Not only an old song, but a video. Well, as someone once said “Rules and regulations – who needs them? Throw ’em out the door“. Also, it should […]

Hjalte Ross “Embody” (Wouldn’t Waste Records, 2018)

February 1, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

Mentioning Nick Drakes in singer-songwriter reviews has become a cliché of epic proportions but with Hjalte Ross it’s simply unavoidable because not only has he used Drakes’ producer John Wood but he really does sound extraordinarily […]

Pick of the Political Pops: Merle Haggard “Oil Tanker Train”

February 1, 2019 Paul Villers 0

This week news reached us in The Bunker that The World and His Wife (by which we of course mean The World and His/Her Significant Other) had decided that what is happening in Venezuela is their […]

Here are all the winners from last night’s AMAUK 2019 awards

February 1, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

The fourth of the Americana Music Association UK’s award shows took place last night in Hackney Empire and it was as star-studded an event as always, with performances from Bennet Wilson Poole, Ethan Johns, Graham Nash, Rhiannon […]