Videos
Video: Sister John “I’m The One”
Now this is good. Sister John are a Glasgow band and their new single, out now, has something of the Velvet Underground, some twangy guitar and an Americana feel. Can’t go wrong with that or indeed […]
Year: 2019
Album Reviews
Sean McConnell “Secondhand Smoke” (Big Picnic Records, 2019)
It is probably too early in the year to think about what your album of the year is, but it would be safe to say that Sean McConnell’s new album ‘Secondhand Smoke’ will probably end up at […]
News
Billy Bragg announces UK dates, lots of them
National treasure (I think we can call him that now?) Billy Bragg has confirmed details of a 2019 U.K. and Ireland tour entitled “One Step Forward. Two Steps Back.” In each town Bragg will perform three unique […]
Album Reviews
Better Oblivion Community Center “Better Oblivion Community Center” (Dead Oceans, 2019)
Phoebe Bridgers is definitely not one to shy away from collaborations. After finishing a tour with female supergroup, Boygenius, she turned her attention to working with Bright Eyes main man, Conor Oberst. Sometimes these collaboration projects […]
AmericanA to Z
AmericanA to Z – Carolina Chocolate Drops
It’s easy to think that the Carolina Chocolate Drops were all about “reclaiming the banjo” and taking back a strand of American vernacular music of the 19th and early 20th centuries that had been culturally appropriated. […]