2019 – Page 125 – Americana UK

Boy & Bear “Suck On Light” (Nettwerk Music Group, 2019)

August 23, 2019 Rick Bayles 0

Great art often comes out of personal suffering. This new album from Australian band Boy & Bear may not be great art but it’s certainly good music. ‘Suck on Light’ is the fourth studio album from the […]

First Aid Kit pay tribute to David Berman with two songs

August 23, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Sweden’s First Aid Kit have paid a terrific tribute to Silver Jews frontman David Berman who died earlier this month with two new recordings: one is a cover of the Silver Jews classic ‘Random Rules’ from […]

Will Bennett and the Tells “All Your Favorite Things” (Independent, 2019)

August 23, 2019 Tim Merricks 0

‘Rabbitt’s’ is Will Bennett’s hometown local and the opening track from ‘All Your Favorite Songs’ reintroduces the listener to the narrative of the small-town escape. Only this time the focus is on the return journey. Grinnel, […]

Jason Isbell re-releases two classic albums

August 23, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

We’ve got some more details on the reissue two of Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit’s earliest albums – 2009’s self-titled ‘Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit’ and 2011’s ‘Here We Rest’ – both remixed and […]

Pick of the Political Pops: The Pogues “The Band Played Waltzing Matilda”

August 23, 2019 Mark Whitfield 1

‘And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda’ is a song written by Scottish-born Australian singer-songwriter Eric Bogle in 1971 which has since become a standard in Australian folk circles (William Crighton did an amazing version of it […]