2019 – Page 80 – Americana UK

The Lumineers “III” (Decca, 2019)

October 8, 2019 Steven Rafferty 0

If you only give the new album ‘III’ by The Lumineers a surface listen, you’ll probably find yourself thinking something along the lines of: “well isn’t that nice, there’s a new Lumineers album”. And on that […]

Video Premiere: Carver Baronda “If Nothing Else Comes Along”

October 8, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

This is from New Orleans-based Carver Baronda’s debut EP ‘Spooky Love‘, out on October 18th and available here. It is indeed distinctly spooky, as is the excellent video, and also has a sparse old-time feel to […]

Video Premiere: Ismay “When I Was Younger, I Cried”

October 7, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

From her latest album ‘Songs Of Sonoma‘, out early next year, this is a great live performance of her new single by Californian singer-songwriter Ismay, aka Avery Hellman. Very atmospheric and lyrical, it has a delicate […]

Luke Tuchscherer “Carousel” (Clubhouse Records, 2019)

October 7, 2019 Jim Finnie 0

It’s a well-worn path. Artist runs out of ideas and decides to re-hash some old material and produces an album that is at best mediocre and at worst downright boring. Not in this case though, it’s […]

Josh Ritter plays NPR Tiny Desk Concert with Amanda Shires And Jason Isbell: Watch

October 7, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Apologies for completely missing this last week – Josh Ritter played one of NPR’s magical little Tiny Desk concerts last week, as they described it “with the enthusiasm of a young child and the wisdom of […]