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 […]