2019 – Page 186 – Americana UK

Paul Cauthen + Fenella + Julen Santamaria, Broadcast, Glasgow, 17th June 2019

June 19, 2019 Paul Kerr 0

Last time Texan Paul Cauthen was around these parts he was riding solo but this first date of a short UK tour found him with a posse of armed and dangerous Dallas cowboys well able to […]

Songs for the apocalypse: The Low Anthem “To Ohio”

June 19, 2019 Mark Whitfield 1

It was about 10 years ago that I first came across Rhode Island’s Low Anthem in a soggy field (well, garden) in Wiltshire when they played one of their famous End of the Road performances, and […]

Topic Records 80th Birthday Party, The Barbican, London, 7th June 2019

June 19, 2019 Jonathan Aird 1

At 80 years of age Topic Records is the world’s oldest Independent Record label – and if it hasn’t been called Topic for the whole of that time there is at least a good continuity all […]

Forty Elephant Gang “Next Time Round” (Independent, 2019)

June 19, 2019 Russell Murphy 0

Naming your popular beat combo after a vicious gang of 19th-century thieves and robbers from South London – and female at that – may seem an interesting choice for an Alt-folk (their description) band from East […]

Lachlan Bryan and the Wildes “The Road” – Listen

June 19, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

You may feel that you’ve heard every song about life on the road, that there’s nothing more to hear. Well, there are a lot of songs about the touring life but Australia’s Lachlan Bryan brings enough […]

Lucinda Williams St Paul Theatre 14 April 2019

For the Sake of the Song: Lucinda Williams “Metal Firecracker”

September 28, 2026 0

There are songs that you love for the lyrics, songs that you love for the music; sometimes you get a song where both are so perfect you have a masterpiece. Lucinda Williams’ Metal Firecracker is the […]

Artwork for Ian Noe album"Canyon Falls Trailer Band"

Ian Noe “Canyon Falls Trailer Band”

September 28, 2026 0

Impressive collection of character-driven songwriting and classic country sounds. Kentuckian Ian Noe presents a diverse selection of sixteen original songs on his excellent new album, Canyon Falls Trailer Band. It’s Noe’s third release and the second […]

The Jayhawks live at the Electric Ballroom, Camden - 16th September 2026

Live Review: The Jayhawks, Electric Ballroom, Camden – 16th September 2026

September 28, 2026 1

About a decade ago, I formulated a new genre based on a particular guitar sound that would for several years be heard on Radio 2 after midnight on Friday and Saturday nights. Bob Harris Country is […]

Year: 2019