December 2019 – Page 6

Americana UK writers choose their albums of 2019 – part one

December 18, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

A week today it’ll be Christmas and you’ll open up that gift box of three different Lynx deodorants as you surreptitiously check to see what condition it’s in, in case you can regift it to someone […]

Philip B. Price “Bone Almanac” (Signature Sound Recordings, 2019)

December 18, 2019 Rick Bayles 0

A winter release seems particularly appropriate for this solo album from Winterpills frontman Philip B. Price. ‘Bone Almanac’ is a chilling and haunting work that’s frequently bleak, given that much of it addresses very current concerns, such […]

Dawn Landes + Jonah Tolchin, Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds, 8th December 2019

December 18, 2019 Clint West 0

Dawn Landes is an artist that for some years now has seemed set for a breakthrough. That it hasn’t really happened for her is one of life’s mysteries. With a catalogue of fine albums to her […]

Raelyn Nelson Band “Hating You” – Listen

December 18, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

There really should be a prohibition on nods to The Clash’s ‘London Calling‘ album cover (although, yes, we know that was a “nod” itself). Raelyn Nelson has a grandfather you may have heard of, but although […]

Brooke Annibale announces UK dates

December 18, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Singer-songwriter/guitarist Brooke Annibale has announced a new batch of European tour dates for early 2020. Her first-ever European tour, the dates begin on April 15th in the Netherlands and will see Brooke also playing shows in […]

Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music

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If a music writer opens ten press releases this month, they’ll spot something odd. They all sound like the same person wrote them. Not because the artists share a publicist, or because there’s a house style […]

Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”

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A cycle of Appalachian folk songs from writer and activist Si Kahn, subtitled Songs for Strong Kentucky Women The subtitle for this album is “Si Kahn’s Songs for Strong Kentucky Women”. Si Kahn is one of […]

Ad for American Beauty album 5th December 1970

For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”