June 2019 – Page 7 – Americana UK

The Love Sprockets “Chickadee” (Independent, 2019)

June 24, 2019 Louie Joe 0

The Love Sprockets are a folk duet from Colorado, comprising husband and wife Jahnavi Newsom and Addison Rice, both singing and playing a plethora of instruments. Their second album ‘Chickadee’ is named after their daughter, who […]

Peter Bruntnell “King of Madrid” (Domestico, 2019)

June 24, 2019 Alasdair Fotheringham 2

Flicking through a back catalogue of reviews of Peter Bruntnell albums – and ‘King of Madrid’ is his tenth – a hefty proportion are seemingly dedicated to dreaming up new ways of insisting that the Devon-based […]

Track Premiere: Western States “Duke”

June 24, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

The band Western States formed in St Louis, the great confluence of American music – everything travelled to St Louis along the Mississippi and the Missouri and that includes every strand of music. St. Louis is […]

Video: The Rails: “Mossy Well”

June 24, 2019 Jeremy Searle 2

James Walbourne and Kami Thompson, aka The Rails, return with this excellent folky piece from their forthcoming third album, out on Thirty Tigers soon. They’re at The Lexington on July 31st and Cambridge Folk Festival on […]

Video: Kris Kristofferson “Loving Her Was Easier”

June 21, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s a wrap from us for the week dear reader. Just think, we could have a prime minister who thinks Jason Isbell is “anodyne” in a month’s time. Anyway, we’re going to be down in […]