January 2020 – Page 4

Simone Felice + Diana DeMuth, The Slaughtered Lamb, London, 15th January 2020

January 30, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

The Slaughtered Lamb is a tiny space for a headliner as big as Simone Felice – it’s a basement room below a pub with maybe a capacity of a hundred, or a hundred and fifty at […]

The Lone Bellow “Good Times” – Listen

January 30, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

The new single from The Lone Bellow takes the band into realms of big production. It’s a song that takes exuberance and gives it a good shake to be a bit more lively and involved. Zach […]

Video: My Sister, My Brother “Nothing Without You”

January 30, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Ahead of a forthcoming EP release on 6th March, this song writing supergroup have put out a debut single. At a song writing retreat, Sean McConnell, Garrison Starr and Peter Groenwald began a collaboration that grew […]

Songs for the apocalypse: Peter Bruntnell “NFB”

January 29, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

My musical relationship with New Zealand born but UK based Peter Bruntnell began with his album ‘Normal For Bridgwater’ back in 2000 which is actually fairly difficult to track down these days, and omg this song […]

Andy Shauf “The Neon Skyline” (ANTI-,2020)

January 29, 2020 Sean Hannam 0

Imagine the scenario – you’re down the local with a mate and, suddenly, you find out that your ex is back in town. What do you do? Well, if you’re Canadian singer-songwriter Andy Shauf, you write […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Justin Hinds & the Dominos - Early Recordings
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Kasey Chambers - The Captain
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Ratboys - Singin’ to an Empty Chair
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Third World - Journey to Addis
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Rosanne Cash - The River & the Thread (vinyl) Jes...
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Drive-By Truckers - Pizza Deliverance
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Guy Clark - Keepers
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Jerry Jeff Walker - Cowboy Boots and Bathin’ Suits
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Jimmy Buffett - A1A
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Susto Stringband “Hard Drug” – visions of death

March 27, 2026 0

Seems to be our week for stringbands, but that’s ok. Susto, the alt-country group led by frontman Justin Osborne, have announced the release of Susto Stringband (Volume 2) on May 29 via Missing Piece Records. It’s […]

Video Premiere: Roswell Road “Weirdo at the Party”

March 27, 2026 0

Here’s the spirited new single from London-based americana duo Roswell Road. Singer-songwriters Jasmine Watkiss and Zoë Wren tell frank, authentic stories, opening up with refreshing honesty about themselves and their everyday lives. Weirdo at the Party […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Songs from Season Three of “The Bear”

March 26, 2026 0

As we await the outcome of our search for the Best Americana Song Of All Time, Dean Nardi kicks off the return of our popular Essentials series with a light-hearted look at the songs that pepper […]

Interviews

Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

March 25, 2026 0

A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]

Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0

Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2

While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

Live Reviews

Live Review: Aldous Harding + H. Hawkline, The Barbican, London, 28th April 2023

May 12, 2023 0

There was a moment in the closing encore ‘Swell Does the Skull’, when Aldous Harding sings “I don’t want to be a sinner,” that the brain, ever alert for double meanings and enigmatic obliquities, decides that […]

Videos

Video: Larkin Poe “She’s a Self Made Man”

April 7, 2020 0

Aggressive, bluesy and featuring fabulous guitar work, here is the latest video from Larkin Poe. This is the first release from their forthcoming album, which is due out on 12th June. The album, ‘Self Made Man’, […]

Album Reviews

Luke Sital-Singh “A Golden State” (Raygun Records, 2019)

April 5, 2019 0

Luke Sital-Singh was, reportedly, a fan of loud rock music in his teens, but finding inspiration in the energy and passion of Damien Rice’s legendary live shows he ditched the metal band and converted to the […]

Month: January 2020

Simone Felice + Diana DeMuth, The Slaughtered Lamb, London, 15th January 2020

The Lone Bellow “Good Times” – Listen

Video: My Sister, My Brother “Nothing Without You”

Songs for the apocalypse: Peter Bruntnell “NFB”

Andy Shauf “The Neon Skyline” (ANTI-,2020)

Susto Stringband “Hard Drug” – visions of death

Video Premiere: Roswell Road “Weirdo at the Party”

Essentials: The Top 10 Songs from Season Three of “The Bear”

Brown Horse “Total Dive”

Brudi Brothers to release new EP and KEXP session