2019 – Page 322 – Americana UK

Mike Waterson “Jack Frost” – Listen

January 22, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

This year is the 80th anniversary of the legendary folk music label Topic Records, and we’ll have more to say about that soon. Their roster of artists is quite phenomenal – The Watersons, Martin Carthy, Shirley […]

Ryan Adams announces UK tour dates

January 22, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Well this is good news – inspired obviously by our story we posted last week reminding Ryan Adams of the time he fell off the stage and broke his arm during a gig, he has announced […]

Video Premiere: Simon Stanley Ward & The Shadows of Doubt “Beluga Whale”

January 22, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

From his new album, Songs From Various Places, out on February 22nd, this is a slightly wry and distinctly catchy song about the titular mammal from London’s Simon Stanley Ward. Very good it is too.

New Caroline Spence album due in May, in the UK this week

January 21, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

It’s been two years now since from the release of Caroline Spence’s well received last album ‘Spades & Roses’, and she is now prepping the release of her third album ‘Mint Condition’, which will feature guest […]

William Tyler “Goes West” (Merge Records, 2019)

January 21, 2019 Harold Hogan 0

William Tyler, perhaps best known for his work with Lambchop and Silver Jews, has been quietly ploughing his own furrow for the last decade. This has culminated in ‘Goes West,’ his forthcoming album and fifth release on […]

Mary Gauthier “Reckoning”

September 22, 2026 2

One of our finest songwriters delivers an album for our times with consummate clarity and lyrical daring. .Mary Gauthier was something of a late starter, delivering her first album when she was in her late thirties […]

Sylvie finally make a full length debut which arrives in November

September 22, 2026 0

Sylvie, the project of Los Angeles artist Ben Schwab, has announced their forthcoming album, New Season, available November 6th, 2026, via Ghostly International. Rina (feat. Alex Amen) is the single out now. Reflecting on a passing […]

Features

More People Really Should Know About: Carey Ott

September 22, 2026 0

Carey Ott is nothing if not prolific. He hails from Chicago, and he’s a multi-instrumentalist, a producer and engineer and a performer. He’s released seven albums to date as well as numerous singles. In my music […]

Year: 2019