November 2019 – Page 18

Jerry Leger “Time Out for Tomorrow” (Latent Recordings, 2019)

November 13, 2019 Andrew Frolish 0

Smart lyrics: check. Characterful vocals: check. Masterful musicianship: check. Sublime songcraft: check. For many listeners, a Jerry Leger album is the very definition of Americana. Since his 2005 debut, Leger has been hugely prolific while managing […]

Torgeir Waldemar “Leaf in the Wind” – Listen

November 13, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

Norwegian troubadour Torgeir Waldemar will release his third full album ‘Love‘ through Jansen Records on 17th January. Here at Americana UK we really liked the last album ‘No Offending Borders‘ and the interim reworked songs mini-album […]

Video: Arborist “Taxi”

November 13, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

Now here’s something a bit different from Northern Ireland man Arborist aka Mark McCambridge. It’s a spoken word piece from his album ‘A Northern View‘, out in February 2020, a story of decline and regret built […]

The Avett Brothers “Closer Than Together” (American/Republic, 2019)

November 12, 2019 Steven Rafferty 0

Prior to its release, Seth Avett laid out a mission statement for the Avett Brothers’ 10th full-length album by way of a four-paragraph letter. In it, he opines that “the last thing the world needs is […]

AmericanA to Z – Alison Krauss (and Union Station)

November 12, 2019 Tim Martin 0

In the first run through the alphabet of Americana we focused on some artists who weren’t particularly big names. For the start of this pass at the A to Z we are looking at someone with […]