July 2019 – Page 2 – Americana UK

Video Premiere: Ellis Paul “The Battle Of Charlottesville”

July 31, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

Here’s a powerful and emotive song, and an equally strong video, from Ellis Paul which commemorates the death of Heather Heyer at the hands of a man who attended the infamous “Unite The Right” rally in […]

Tenement & Temple “Tenement & Temple” (Thrum Recordings, 2019)

July 30, 2019 Jim Finnie 0

Monica Queen and Johnny Smillie first came to prominence in the ’90s as part of the Scottish Indie rock band Thrum. During their initial, but somewhat short-lived incarnation, Thrum achieved critical acclaim, but only relatively modest […]

Whitney Rose and Ags Connolly, The Lexington, London, 23rd July 2019

July 30, 2019 Mark Underwood 0

Ags Connolly and Whitney Rose may hail from Oxford and Canada, respectively, but they both share a spiritual home in Austin. For Ags it’s the place he relates most to musically, while for Whitney Rose it […]

The Highwomen perform with Dolly and Isbell – Watch

July 30, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

The Highwomen, if you haven’t heard, are a like a new up to date female version of the Highway Men (geddit?), the country supergroup from the 80s which included Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and […]

Robert LaRoche “A Thousand Shades” (Independent, 2019)

July 30, 2019 Andrew Frolish 0

The six songs on Robert LaRoche’s new EP, ‘A Thousand Shades’, chart a journey through addictive, obsessive love and relationship break-ups. LaRoche’s pop background in The Sighs is evident in the rhythms, the warm vocal and […]

Lance Cowan “The Air That You Breathe”

August 10, 2026 0

There is no slowing down Lance Cowan as he releases another fine set of story songs. Lance Cowan hails from West Kentucky. Songwriting and singing mark the third phase of his working life. Originally employed as […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 248 “Too much good stuff…”

August 10, 2026 0

Can you ever have too much of a good thing? It’s a question I asked myself whilst sifting through potential news stories for the site. There has been an avalanche of great stuff being announced in […]

Jim James “Wowed Out” – wow, wow, wow – unbelievable

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We’re giving ourselves an easy start to the week – after the heatwave hell of the weekend we think we deserve it – by starting with a song by an artist we can confidently say “needs […]

Month: July 2019