May 2019 – Page 21 – Americana UK

Video: The Goat Roper Rodeo Band “Unwrap My Bones”

May 8, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Back when I used to promote americana you came across some lovely people and the ones who were let’s just say “higher maintenance”, but few were as nice as North Wales’ country-blues trio the Goat Ropers […]

Shovels & Rope “By Blood” (Dualtone Music, 2019)

May 7, 2019 Harold Hogan 0

‘I won’t fail you when I walk out on the wire,’ sing South Carolina natives Carry Ann Hearst and Michael Trent, AKA Shovels & Rope, and it’s not just talk; they really walk the walk. The […]

Belaver “Partner” – Listen

May 7, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

Imagine one of the seedier crime songs by the Felice Brothers, but slowed down, like really slowed down, man. And imagine that this song featured an almost drone-like main melody, and sketched out the needs of […]

Jeff “The Horse” Horsey “Rattlesnakes and Heartstrings” (Hookah Records, 2019)

May 7, 2019 Paul Kerr 0

Based in Cornwall, Jeff “The Horse” Horsey is a veteran practitioner of old time blues music, often to be found with his acoustic guitars and harmonica on stages here in the UK and in Europe. This […]

Simone Felice, Leaf, Manchester, 30th April 2019

May 7, 2019 Clint West 0

Dressed in black jeans, black shirt and a crumpled black jacket; with unkempt hair and a greying, wispy beard, Simone Felice shuffled unceremoniously on to the stage to open the first of two sets he delivered […]