October 2019 – Page 28

Video Premiere: The End Of America “Howl”

October 7, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

This is the new single from Philadelphia outfit The End Of America, and very nice it is too. It’s a subtle piece of slightly retro folk-rock with great harmonies, all about committing to playing music and […]

The Avett Brothers “We Americans” – Watch

October 4, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

We leave you this week dear reader with a track from the sublime new album from North Carolina’s Avett Brothers which is out today – ‘Closer Than Together’ is their most political record to date, a […]

The Orphan Brigade “To The Edge Of The World” (Independent, 2019)

October 4, 2019 Mark Johnson 1

The Orphan Brigade make location albums. The first in a haunted Kentucky mansion, the second in medieval Italian caves. Now comes the third, written and recorded on the wild Co. Antrim coast in Northern Ireland. This […]

UK Americana Awards 2020 nominations are now open, early bird tickets on sale

October 4, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Unbelievably it’s that time of year again – the relentless march of time continues (it never gives up) – and so voting for the next AMAUKs is now open. A key event each year in the […]

The Wolff Sisters “Queendom of Nothing” (Independent, 2019)

October 4, 2019 Sean Hannam 0

From listening to ‘Queendom of Nothing’, the third full-length album from Boston’s The Wolff Sisters, you get the impression that they’re a restless bunch. On the opening song, the moody and twangy country-rock of ‘Drive’, they’re […]

Mary Gauthier “Reckoning”

September 22, 2026 2

One of our finest songwriters delivers an album for our times with consummate clarity and lyrical daring. Mary Gauthier was something of a late starter, delivering her first album when she was in her late thirties […]

Sylvie finally make a full length debut which arrives in November

September 22, 2026 1

Sylvie, the project of Los Angeles artist Ben Schwab, has announced their forthcoming album, New Season, available November 6th, 2026, via Ghostly International. Rina (feat. Alex Amen) is the single out now. Reflecting on a passing […]

Features

More People Really Should Know About: Carey Ott

September 22, 2026 0

Carey Ott is nothing if not prolific. He hails from Chicago, and he’s a multi-instrumentalist, a producer and engineer and a performer. He’s released seven albums to date as well as numerous singles. In my music […]

Month: October 2019