2019 – Page 281 – Americana UK

Songs for the apocalypse: Paul Kelly “Keep it to Yourself”

March 7, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Finding my way to americana was a long journey through the eighties but the beginning of the next decade on the other side of the world gave me a rush of music I’d never come across […]

The Goat Roper Rodeo Band “Tall Grass” (Old Pup Records, 2019)

March 7, 2019 Ben Roberts 0

Hailing from Rhuddlan in North Wales, The Goat Roper Rodeo Band release their 3rd album, ‘Tall Grass’. Taking influence from artists such as The Band, Bob Dylan and Gillian Welch, their own brand of country music, […]

Track Premiere – The Brookses “Little Miss Raincloud”

March 7, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

The Brookses are a folk duo of daughter and father Meg Brooks and Jim Brooks. Jim adds the flat top guitar and harmonising vocals, whilst Meg takes the lead on ‘Little Miss Raincloud‘. The song isn’t […]

It’s Hackney, so Hold Steady

March 7, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

The Hold Steady return with a new single ‘The Last Time That She Talked to Me‘, which is their ninth new release in the last fifteen months. You can hear the new song here. In partial […]

Video: Jo Schornikow “Ghosts”

March 7, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

Jo Schornikow plays with Phosphorescent but has taken time out for a debut solo album Secret Weapon, out on March 29th, from which this rather delicate and lovely song is taken. Great video too.