2019 – Page 269 – Americana UK

Crooked Weather “Are We Lost” (Independent, 2010)

March 21, 2019 Paul Kerr 0

“Had this arrived in a vinyl format we would not be surprised to see a small palm tree on a grassy island decorating the label. Crooked Weather, a Yorkshire based duo, are unashamedly influenced by the […]

Norrie McCulloch “These Mountain Blues” – Listen

March 21, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

Here’s a timely revisit of Norrie McCulloch’s tribute to Townes Van Zandt, taken from his album of the same name. Timely, you ask – well, Norrie has a Kickstarter running for his new album ‘Compass‘. He […]

Video: Lucy Rose “Treat Me Like A Woman”

March 21, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

Lucy Rose’s new album ‘No Words Left’ is released tomorrow and this powerful and anguished song taken from it is superb. She’s doing some in-stores this week and touring in April too.

Swimming Bell “Wild Sight” (Adventure Club Records, 2019)

March 20, 2019 Mark Johnson 0

Swimming Bell is the solo project of Brooklyn based Katie Schottland, ‘Wild Sight’ the debut album following her ‘The Golden Heart’ EP in 2017. That this gentle music carries nothing of the metropolis is perhaps explained […]

Songs for the apocalypse: Loudon Wainwright III “Pretty Good Day”

March 20, 2019 Mark Whitfield 1

In 1999 Loudon Wainwright released an album which was comprised of various topical and satirical songs, originally produced for National Public Radio and based upon then-current issues and events, such as the Tonya Harding scandal, the […]