October 2020 – Page 18

Something for the weekend: Toad the Wet Sprocket “Starting Now”

October 16, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it for another week dear reader, and we leave you from the most locked-down place in the country (or at least England) with the first video and title track from the forthcoming new album […]

Interview: Diana Jones on channelling Appalachian culture and refugees

October 16, 2020 Martin Johnson 0

Diana Jones is a well-respected singer-songwriter with admirers on both sides of the Atlantic. Steve Earle is on record as saying “Diana Jones is one of the best songwriters I have heard in a long, long […]

Video Premiere: Arborist “The Mountain Will Come To You”

October 16, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

The plan had been to re-record two songs for a double A-side single – with a string accompaniment making them sound significantly different. And then, like everyone else, Mark McCambridge (a.k.a Arborist) found that Covid had […]

Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt “Shadow of the Cyclone” (Independent, 2020)

October 16, 2020 Clint West 1

Multi-instrumentalists Aaron Nathans from Philadelphia and Michael G Ronstadt of Cincinnati have combined their talents to produce an album ‘Shadow of the Cyclone’ that deals directly with the challenges of 2020. The title is in itself […]

Americana Roots: Old Town Flood

October 16, 2020 Tim Newby 0

American Roots highlights the freshest and most original Americana and bluegrass from across the pond in the US. It covers everything from brand-new, just out of the box bands, to cult favourites, to established acts […]