2019 – Page 105 – Americana UK

Sofia Talvik “Paws Of A Bear” (Makaki Music, 2019)

September 12, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

Scandinavia has been a major growth are for Americana in the last few years and one of Sweden’s contributions to that is Sofia Talvik. This is her seventh album but, truth be told, while her previous […]

Drew Danburry “Pallid Boy and Spindling Girl EP” (Independent, 2019)

September 12, 2019 Mark Johnson 0

“The children are called in from their play to drive and drudge beside their elders to and from their pitiful homes …. nearly any hour you can see them – pallid boy and spindling girl – […]

Dylan LeBlanc + The Pollies, Omeara, London, 3rd September 2019

September 12, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

The faded western cantina chic of Omerea was the perfect backdrop for tonight’s opening act – and later Dylan LeBlanc’s band – The Pollies, a four piece of guitar, bass, drums and keyboards. They hail out […]

Josh Rouse to release Christmas album

September 12, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

One of the most under-rated Christmas films of all time is ‘Jingle All The Way’ which currently has 17% on Rotten Tomatoes. We say that by way of introduction to news that Josh Rouse is to […]

Frankie Lee + Native Harrow, Paper Dress Vintage, Hackney, London, 4th September, 2019

September 12, 2019 Mark Underwood 0

Frankie Lee isn’t your average Americana singer-songwriter: his latest job involved the herding of 20 sheep on a small farm in Afton. For the recording of his latest album he retreated to his hometown of Stillwater […]

Something for the weekend: Chicago “Just You ‘N’ Me”

June 26, 2026 2

Well that’s it from us for this week. It’s PAYDAY for many people and if you’re dreamimg of a future when you can actually go out the of house without a wall of unbearable heat hitting […]

Tift Merritt “Sugar”

June 26, 2026 0

Merritt returns with a beautifully sung meditation on love, work and the sweetness hidden in ordinary lives. After almost a decade away from releasing new albums, Tift Merritt returns with a collection of songs that feels […]

Classic Clips: Lynyrd Skynyrd “Call Me The Breeze” – Old Grey Whistle Test, London, 1975

June 26, 2026 0

Somewhere I have a cassette tape of this session, recorded from the TV using the tiny built-in audio mic on my radio cassette player; very low tech. The recording was further embellished with random sneezes from […]

Year: 2019