Videos
Video: The East Pointers “Halfway Tree”
A simple but effective and beautiful video for this new song from the East Pointers that’s a bit folk, a bit country, a bit lots of things and a lot lovely. It’s taken from their excellent […]
Month: October 2019
Album Reviews
Malin Pettersen “Alonesome” (Die With Your Boots On Records, 2019)
One of the fascinating things about this music genre we call Americana is the increasing amount of very credible recordings we’re getting from musicians living and working outside the USA. We’re seeing artists from countries like […]
Features
Songs for the apocalypse: Peter Bruntnell “Black Aces”
Years ago, 17 in fact, I put on an event in what was then the Masque venue in Liverpool called “Americana One” celebrating the fact that this little website (and it was little back then) was […]
Van Life
Van Life: Ana Egge
North Dakota’s Ana Egge has long been regarded as one of the brightest talents on the Americana scene. Her distinct brand of evocative, folk-infused songs have really made an impact – emotionally and artistically – on […]
Album Reviews
Awkward Family Portraits “Everything We’ve Done Up Until Now Except What We’ve Done Since ” (Holy Smokes Records, 2019)
Awkward Family Portraits are a Glaswegian group in the fine tradition of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks and on the UK front, Chilli Willi and The Red Hot […]