2019 – Page 64 – Americana UK

Lizanne Knott “Bones and Gravity” (Independent, 2019)

October 23, 2019 Peter Churchill 1

Lizanne Knott is one of those wonderfully expressive singer-songwriters that sound as though, if they had gone down a different route, might have been swallowed up by mainstream Nashville’s blandness. Instead she, along with so many […]

Long Ryders say “Run Dusty Run” – European dates announced

October 23, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

Seminal Americana band, the Buffalo Springfield cum Byrds of the Eighties, and very much The Long Ryders of the 21st Century, have announced their imminent European tour – which includes a good handful of UK dates.

Video: The Frampton Sisters “Birds Of A Feather”

October 23, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

Now this is rather nice. It’s the debut single from The Frampton Sisters from Orkney and it’s out now. Delicate, tuneful and with lovely harmonies, we like it a lot.

Robert Vincent “This Town” – Listen

October 23, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

It’s been quite a ride for Robert Vincent from winning the Bob Harris Emerging Talent Award at the Americana Music Association UK awards in 2016. That award led on to appearances at Americana Fests – both […]

Book Review – Tim Newby “Leftover Salmon: 30 Years of Festival!” (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019)

October 22, 2019 Rick Bayles 2

There are few better mediums than a book for opening our eyes to new information, for helping us to become a little more knowledgeable about the world around us. I have to put my hand up […]