2019 – Page 182 – Americana UK

Tony Harrah Blues “Sweet Lucinda” – Listen

June 25, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

‘Sweet Lucinda‘ is the lead single from Tony Harrah’s new album ‘Unicorns‘, and focuses on farming desperation. Not just crop failures or droughts – the desperation here is that of separating from a wife, the pointlessness […]

Video: Union Duke “Ladidadida”

June 25, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

The new single from Canada’s Union Duke is a fine soulful and twangy song. It’s fun too. We liked their latest album “Golden Days” a lot too.

The Love Sprockets “Chickadee” (Independent, 2019)

June 24, 2019 Louie Joe 0

The Love Sprockets are a folk duet from Colorado, comprising husband and wife Jahnavi Newsom and Addison Rice, both singing and playing a plethora of instruments. Their second album ‘Chickadee’ is named after their daughter, who […]

Peter Bruntnell “King of Madrid” (Domestico, 2019)

June 24, 2019 Alasdair Fotheringham 2

Flicking through a back catalogue of reviews of Peter Bruntnell albums – and ‘King of Madrid’ is his tenth – a hefty proportion are seemingly dedicated to dreaming up new ways of insisting that the Devon-based […]

Track Premiere: Western States “Duke”

June 24, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

The band Western States formed in St Louis, the great confluence of American music – everything travelled to St Louis along the Mississippi and the Missouri and that includes every strand of music. St. Louis is […]

Live Review: Maisy Owen with BJ Cole + Joe Harvey-Whyte, Theatreship, London – 23rd June 2026

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It was a hot evening in London as the audience for Maisy Owen’s first London show gathered at the Theatreship moored at Docklands’ South Quay. The ship is a converted barge with outside and inside bars […]

Jim James takes off his Morning Jacket and gets all “Wowed Out” on his latest solo album

July 1, 2026 0

My Morning Jacket’s Jim James has announced the release of his new album, Wowed Out, which is due out on 28th August via ATO Records. The 3x GRAMMY® Award-nominated singer, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and founding member […]

Styrofoam Winos “Somebody Wants To Send You A Message” – it comes and goes

July 1, 2026 0

A decade ago, three employees of JJ’s Market and Cafe became Styrofoam Winos. Lou Turner, Trevor Nikrant, and Joe Kenkel bonded over their mutual adoration for Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Leonard Cohen, and dollar bin country […]

Year: 2019

Tony Harrah Blues “Sweet Lucinda” – Listen

Video: Union Duke “Ladidadida”

The Love Sprockets “Chickadee” (Independent, 2019)

Peter Bruntnell “King of Madrid” (Domestico, 2019)

Track Premiere: Western States “Duke”

Live Review: Maisy Owen with BJ Cole + Joe Harvey-Whyte, Theatreship, London – 23rd June 2026

Jim James takes off his Morning Jacket and gets all “Wowed Out” on his latest solo album

Styrofoam Winos “Somebody Wants To Send You A Message” – it comes and goes

Video: Rachael Sage & The Sequins “Nexus (Acoustic)”

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