March 2019 – Page 10 – Americana UK

Crooked Weather “Are We Lost” (Independent, 2010)

March 21, 2019 Paul Kerr 0

“Had this arrived in a vinyl format we would not be surprised to see a small palm tree on a grassy island decorating the label. Crooked Weather, a Yorkshire based duo, are unashamedly influenced by the […]

Norrie McCulloch “These Mountain Blues” – Listen

March 21, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

Here’s a timely revisit of Norrie McCulloch’s tribute to Townes Van Zandt, taken from his album of the same name. Timely, you ask – well, Norrie has a Kickstarter running for his new album ‘Compass‘. He […]

Video: Lucy Rose “Treat Me Like A Woman”

March 21, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

Lucy Rose’s new album ‘No Words Left’ is released tomorrow and this powerful and anguished song taken from it is superb. She’s doing some in-stores this week and touring in April too.

Swimming Bell “Wild Sight” (Adventure Club Records, 2019)

March 20, 2019 Mark Johnson 0

Swimming Bell is the solo project of Brooklyn based Katie Schottland, ‘Wild Sight’ the debut album following her ‘The Golden Heart’ EP in 2017. That this gentle music carries nothing of the metropolis is perhaps explained […]

Songs for the apocalypse: Loudon Wainwright III “Pretty Good Day”

March 20, 2019 Mark Whitfield 1

In 1999 Loudon Wainwright released an album which was comprised of various topical and satirical songs, originally produced for National Public Radio and based upon then-current issues and events, such as the Tonya Harding scandal, the […]

Mary Gauthier “Reckoning”

September 22, 2026 2

One of our finest songwriters delivers an album for our times with consummate clarity and lyrical daring. Mary Gauthier was something of a late starter, delivering her first album when she was in her late thirties […]

Sylvie finally make a full length debut which arrives in November

September 22, 2026 1

Sylvie, the project of Los Angeles artist Ben Schwab, has announced their forthcoming album, New Season, available November 6th, 2026, via Ghostly International. Rina (feat. Alex Amen) is the single out now. Reflecting on a passing […]

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More People Really Should Know About: Carey Ott

September 22, 2026 0

Carey Ott is nothing if not prolific. He hails from Chicago, and he’s a multi-instrumentalist, a producer and engineer and a performer. He’s released seven albums to date as well as numerous singles. In my music […]

Month: March 2019