2019 – Page 41 – Americana UK

Emilia Martensson “Arm Ourselves (Against Ourselves)” – Listen

November 14, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

Emilia Martensson has the crystal clear voice of an angel, but on this folk y song, with Pentangle-ish jazz flecks, the Swedish born, London dwelling, vocalist sings of the light and shade of the parent-child relationship […]

Video: The Hanging Stars “(I’ve Seen) The Summer In Her Eyes”

November 14, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

Here’s the new single from the very wonderful Hanging Stars, taken from their album ‘A New Kind Of Sky‘, out in February next year. It has a proper cosmic american, classic Byrdsian feel to it and […]

Various Artists “The Peanut Butter Falcon Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” (Varese Sarabande Records, 2019)

November 13, 2019 Rick Bayles 0

Film soundtrack albums are always interesting beasts. You need to think about how they support the film they are made for but you’ve also got to assess them as a collection of music. There are a […]

Songs for the apocalypse: Miranda Lee Richards “Tokyo’s Dancing”

November 13, 2019 Mark Whitfield 1

Miranda Lee Richards is an LA-based singer-songwriter who was born in San Francisco after the summer of love, growing up in an artistic and bohemian environment that has informed her adult life and work – her […]

The great AUK Avetts’ new album debate

November 13, 2019 Mark Whitfield 2

We published our review of the Avett Brothers’ new record ‘Closer Than Together’ yesterday which it’s fair to say isn’t going to be on our writer Steven Rafferty’s albums of the year list. As an editor, […]