September 2019 – Page 12

Shawn Colvin “Steady On: 30th Anniversary Acoustic Edition” (Slc Recordings, 2019)

September 19, 2019 Tim Martin 0

When Colvin’s debut album ‘Steady On‘ was released in 1989 Americana was barely a thing. 30 years on she has revisited the songs in an acoustic setting. Colvin has been playing many of these songs acoustically […]

Peter Bruntnell + Sophia Marshall, Railway Inn, Winchester, 12th September 2019

September 19, 2019 Peter Churchill 0

That the Railway Inn in Winchester has become a hotbed of Americana is due, in the main, to the sterling efforts of promoters, SC4m.co.uk, AKA the husband and wife team of Oliver and Birgit Gray. Wind […]

Forgotten Artists – Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band

September 19, 2019 Rick Bayles 12

Being a bit of a vinyl junkie I was indulging my passion for Record Fairs recently when I came across something of a lost gem – “Rick Sings Nelson” – and that started me thinking about […]

The Rails “Cancel The Sun” (Psychonaut Sounds/Thirty Tigers, 2019)

September 19, 2019 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

“Something is slipping my mind” Kami Thompson sings on one of the multiple not-so-hidden gems on ‘Cancel The Sun’. But in fact when it comes to ‘Cancel the Sun’ qualifying as a folk-rock landmark of 2019, […]

Simone White “Letter To The Last Generation” – Listen

September 19, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

“First we weren’t sure / Then we ignored / All the way down” sings Simone White on this imaginary letter to a future generation enjoying the world we’ve bequeathed them after our concerted efforts to save […]