April 2019 – Page 8 – Americana UK

Jamie Freeman “Dreams About Falling” (Union Music, 2019)

April 23, 2019 Peter Churchill 0

There is a reward for those of us still in thrall to the concept of an album rather than a download. It comes in the form of the good old-fashioned sleeve notes and the added value […]

AmericanA to Z – New Grass Revival

April 23, 2019 Mike Elliott 0

If Americana is an umbrella term for all roots-based American music – bluegrass, blues, country, folk, jazz, rock, and soul (which is how I define it, anyway) – then you’d be hard-pressed to find another group […]

Gretchen Peters with The Southern Fried String Quartet, Cadogan Hall, London, 20th April 2019

April 23, 2019 Keith Clifford 1

Gretchen Peters has composed hits for Etta James, George Strait, Neil Diamond and Shania Twain to name just a few, she has been nominated for Grammy Awards and was inducted to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of […]

Josh Ritter “Fever Breaks” (Pytheas Recordings/Thirty Tigers, 2019)

April 23, 2019 Keith Hargreaves 0

For his tenth studio album Josh Ritter has teamed up with the currently red hot Jason Isbell and his 400 Unit on production and playing duties and delivered an album that will only do all of […]

Great American Trainwreck “Hell On The Rise” – Listen

April 23, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

Great American Trainwreck are a five piece band operating out of Seattle who have been playing for a couple of years, time enough to get their eponymous debut album together – it’s out on May 23rd. […]