July 2019 – Americana UK

Western States “From The Center Out” (Independent, 2019)

July 31, 2019 Tim Merricks 0

“I wanted to dig up old demons who still pull the strings…” declares Tim Lloyd, whose previous band The Doxies, were once hailed as “that rare creature, the great Midwestern rock band”. Now fronting the Western […]

Songs for the apocalypse: Colin and Caroline “Like Home”

July 31, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, Colin Healy and Caroline Mauck attended high school together, and after years of pursuing music in different directions, they were reconnected at a local spot in their hometown. Known for […]

Rickie Lee Jones “Kicks” (The Other Side of Desire, 2019)

July 31, 2019 Tim Martin 0

This is Rickie Lee Jones’ fifth covers album if you include the ‘Girl at Her Volcano’ EP, following on from 2012s ‘The Devil You Know‘. As usual ‘Kicks‘ mixes ’70s rock covers with some jazz and […]

Signe Marie Rustad “Die With Your Boots On” – Listen

July 31, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

Taken from Signe Marie Rustad’s third album ‘When Words Flew Freely‘ this is a warm and perfect piano led singer-songwriter outing very much in the way of Carole King or Joni Mitchell. And that’s a big […]

Hegsy and The Elements “My Truths” (Independent, 2019)

July 31, 2019 Dave Clarke 0

This is the debut Hegsy and The Elements album, a record where Mark Hegarty and his band tell and share movingly, with their audiences, stories that make you think and react. All the tracks were recorded […]

Something for the weekend: Shania Twain featuring the Milk Carton Kids “Who Do You Love”

October 9, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week, a week which has felt like a cloud has been hanging over our americana community if we’re being honest for obvious reasons. Don’t forget we still have some […]

The Texas Headhunters “Rise and Shine”

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A heads-down, no-nonsense, sprightly mess of blues. The Texas Headhunters are a three-headed guitar Methuselah consisting of Jesse Dayton, Ian Moore, and Johnny Moeller; coming from road-hardened backgrounds playing in clubs and bars, the outcome is […]

Nanci Griffith at Cambridge Folk Festival - 29th July 2007

Classic Clips: Nanci Griffith “The Flyer” – Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, 2002

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In the long and storied career of the late, great Nanci Griffith, a musical legacy has been left behind that will, in years to come, surely stand the test of time just as much as it […]

Month: July 2019