2019 – Page 76 – Americana UK

Wood Hitch “Gentle Reminder” – Listen

October 11, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

Wood Hitch are Brady Harris and Rose Shawhan, an LA based duo who make Americana-Folk-Pop as showcased on their new eponymous debut EP. Brady plays the music, both trade vocals, and the sound is dreamy and […]

Sean McConnell, Manchester Academy 2, 29th September 2019

October 11, 2019 Helen Jones 0

When Sean McConnell came on stage without fanfare – clad in denim and holding his guitar, testing his microphone before beginning – the audience weren’t prepared for the powerful performance he was about to unleash. Opening […]

Video: Chris Smither “Time Stood Still”

October 11, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

In the retro slot this week we go back a decade for an unusual live performance by guitar ace Chris Smither, as he’s got a drummer and second guitarist with him who could well be David […]

Watch Kurt Vile’s short documentary featuring The Sadies

October 10, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

In early September 2018, on the eve of the announcement of his latest album ‘Bottle It In’, Kurt Vile decamped to the Catskill Mountains in upper state New York with friends and fellow musicians to rehearse, […]

Chance Meyer and the Bloody 98s “Ashdown” (Independent, 2019)

October 10, 2019 Keith Hargreaves 4

Coming from a classic Americana standpoint the Bloody 98s’ album ‘Ashdown’ is a thing of beauty. This is hewn from the same tree as The Rustlanders, Whiskeytown and Bruntnell circa ‘Shot from a Spring’ or ‘Here Comes the […]