April 2019 – Page 17 – Americana UK

Songs for the apocalypse: The Lemonheads “Outdoor Type”

April 10, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

I grew up liking bands that everyone else thought were shit, so it was a welcome relief when the 90s came along and guitar-based music had something of a renaissance. Boston’s Lemonheads were always described as […]

Brad Byrd “Phases” (Elusive Tiger, 2019)

April 10, 2019 Harold Hogan 0

This latest sonic offering from the journeyman songsmith Brad Byrd is somewhat middle of the road in places, but has charm, and moments of soaring brilliance. Describing his music as somewhere between indie-rock and alt-country, California […]

Jonas Friddle “Drinking In A Dry Town” – Listen

April 10, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

Small Town America is captured in sharp relief on Jonas Friddle’s new single. Beneath the warm toned music and Friddle’s restrained vocal, both captured live and straight to tape, there’s a darker side: “the high school […]

Fabrizio Cammarata “Lights” (800A Records, 2019)

April 10, 2019 Tim Merricks 0

Fabrizio Cammarata, from Palermo, Sicily is not a well-known name on the UK circuit. It’s an outdated inequity that our continental neighbours are not given the attention here that our American cousins enjoy when it comes […]

Neil Young to record new album with Crazy Horse

April 10, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

News from Rolling Stone this morning that Neil Young has announced that he’ll be recording a new studio album with Crazy Horse “in the near future” which will be their first new album since 2012’s ‘Psychedelic […]