2019 – Page 247 – Americana UK

Video Premiere: Mike Ross (feat Elles Bailey) “Pick Up Our Anchor”

April 12, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

We’ve bumped the retro slot this week in favour of this rather fine new single from Mike Ross on which Elles Bailey helps out to excellent effect. It’s out today, a proper piece of bluesy Americana […]

John Paul White “The Hurting Kind” (Single Lock Records, 2019)

April 11, 2019 Ben Roberts 0

John Paul White is no stranger to working with high-class musicians and in high-class musical situations. Originally one half of Alt-Folk duo The Civil Wars, John Paul White releases his third solo record ‘The Hurting Kind,’ on […]

Steve Gunn + Papercuts, The Deaf Institute, Manchester, 8th April 2019

April 11, 2019 Clint West 0

Over the last decade Steve Gunn has built his name as an innovative and accomplished guitarist. What’s not been so clearly highlighted is the fact that he is also a damn fine songwriter. Gunn’s 2019 album […]

Son Volt “Union” (Transmit Sound, 2019)

April 11, 2019 Paul Kerr 0

While Jay Farrar might be considered as being pretty grounded when it comes to singing about familiar folk themes he’s never been a political writer. On ‘Union’ that changes as he here turns to topical concerns, […]

Track Premiere: GoldenOak “Poet And The Painter”

April 11, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

From the opening finger-picked introduction it’s pretty clear that ‘Poet and the Painter‘ is going to be a nice track – and then the sibling vocals of Zak and Lena Kendall come in and you’re just […]