October 2019 – Page 4

Caroline Spence + Roseanne Reid, Night & Day Café, Manchester, 24th October 2019

October 29, 2019 Clint West 0

Reviewing Caroline Spence’s recent ‘Mint Condition’ album for AUK, fellow writer Rick Bayles awarded it that rare accolade a 10/10 score, describing it as “flawless” and “an early contender for album of the year.” A glowing […]

Two new americana shows hit the UK

October 29, 2019 Mark Whitfield 3

Remember the days when you could tune into your radio on a Sunday night and hear Captain America playing 2 hours of back to back americana before bedtime instead of getting riled by the Westminster Hour? […]

Ash Mountain “Black Gold EP” (Independent, 2019)

October 29, 2019 Clint West 0

Manchester’s Ash Mountain have followed up last year’s three-track ‘Boom’ EP with a new four-track EP ‘Black Gold’. The band revolves around songwriters Tim Scott and Matt Jones and whereas ‘Boom’ showed initial promise, the new […]

Ags Connolly “Wrong Again (You Lose A Life)” – Listen

October 29, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

Oxfordshire honky-tonker Ags Connolly has his third album ‘Wrong Again‘ coming out on the first day of the apocalypse – or November 1st if you prefer. Today’s song is, quite obviously, the title track and sees […]

Video: The Orange Circus Band “I Miss You”

October 29, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

Now here’s an excellent proper country ballad, all heartbreak and regret, from Kent’s Orange Circus Band. It’s their new single and available to download from their website here and will also be on their forthcoming album […]

Mary Gauthier “Reckoning”

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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

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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