2019 – Page 128 – Americana UK

Songs for the apocalypse: The Sadies “Northumberland West”

August 21, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

There was a time when Toronto quarter The Sadies used to tour the UK as regular as clockwork, which made them one of those bands you could see in venues that weren’t several train rides away, […]

Clever Square “Clever Square” (Bronson Recordings, 2019)

August 21, 2019 Peter Churchill 0

Described as the Italian golden boys of American indie rock by their totally unbiased record label, Clever Square main man Giacomo D’Attore has pulled together a new band following the original version’s split in 2015. D’Attore […]

Book Review – Oliver Gray “Banjo On My Knee: Music Travels In The American South” (Sarsen Press, 2019)

August 21, 2019 Paul Kerr 0

Aside from being a music promoter and author, Oliver Gray is Americana UK’s very own version of Radio 4’s From Our Own Correspondent with his annual missives from Austin’s South By Southwest Festival. Surprisingly, for a […]

Josh Rennie-Hynes “Patterns” (Soundly Music, 2019)

August 21, 2019 Helen Jones 0

After making a name for himself in his native Australia, Josh Rennie-Hynes upped sticks from his home in Queensland and – upon being granted the impressive Nashville Songwriters Residency grant by the Australian Council for the […]

Mark Martyre “Wait” – Listen

August 21, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

Gravel voiced singer Mark Martyre opens this song from his new album ‘Light Years‘ with the words ‘snow blows sideways, I spend another season alone‘, which might seem unseasonable but with the weather we’ve had so […]