June 2019 – Page 13 – Americana UK

Gillian Nicola “Dried Flowers” (Independent, 2019)

June 18, 2019 Gordon Sharpe 0

Gillian Nicola is a fledgling recording artist though apparently performing since she was 13. ‘Dried Flowers’ is her first full-length album though there have been two previous E.Ps, ‘No Place to Call’ from 2016 and ‘Chasing […]

Video Premiere: Emily Mae Winters “Come Live In My Heart And Pay No Rent”

June 18, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

This is the lovely new single from Emily Mae Winters, released last Friday and from her great new album ‘High Romance’, released on July 19th. It’s a really nice video too.

Album Reviews

Dinah Brand “Thank You Driver” (Transduction Records, 2019)

June 18, 2019 Paul Kerr 0

A four-piece band from Dublin, Dinah Brand prove to be quite a seductive listen on this, their third album. There’s a dreamlike quality to much of the album, the songs almost translucent as they float from […]

Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets + Sinead Burgess, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 9th June 2019

June 18, 2019 Clint West 0

One dictionary definition of ‘perfection’ states that it is, “a state, variously, of completeness, flawlessness, or supreme excellence.” It is doubtful whether anyone at Nick Lowe’s sold out show tonight would have any hesitation in applying […]

Rich Layton & Tough Town “Live To Rock” – Listen

June 18, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

With a title like ‘Live to Rock’ what else could the second single from Rich Layton & Tough Town’s new album ‘Salvation Road‘ be other than anthemic? Amongst soaring vocals and pounding drums take the time […]