October 2020 – Page 5

John Murry “Tilting At Windmills” (Submarine Cat Records, 2020)

October 28, 2020 Martin Johnson 0

John Murry’s debut, 2013’s ‘The Graceless Age’, made many of that year’s Best Of lists. While it was his debut, Murry was already 34 and had recorded two albums with legendary Memphis singer-songwriter Bob Frank and […]

Book Review: Todd Westbrook “Americanaville” (Independent, 2020)

October 28, 2020 Richard Phillips 0

Americanaville is a project created by Todd Westbrook that saw its inception as an essay but which has now burgeoned into a series of chapters that are currently available for free at http://tswestbrook.com. Westbrook describes a […]

Video: Whispering Bob’s Allstars “Stand by Me (2020)”

October 28, 2020 Andrew Frolish 1

60 years ago, Ben E King wrote the beautiful ballad ‘Stand By Me’. Right now, in the middle of a crisis for the live music industry, Whispering Bob Harris is asking all of us to stand […]

Forgotten Artists – Bad Livers

October 28, 2020 Rick Bayles 2

In this latest article in our FORGOTTEN ARTISTS series regular contributor Clint West is back to remind us of a particularly innovative band that really pushed the boundaries of the Americana genre.

The Little Lord Street Band “A Minute of Another Day” (Independent, 2020)

October 28, 2020 Kimberly Bright 0

After six years of touring, a handful of well-received EP’s, and three West Australian Music Industry Awards for Best Country Act, Perth’s The Little Lord Street Band have finally released their debut album ‘A Minute of […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Willie Nelson “Seven Spanish Angels”

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Seven Spanish Angels is a song which encapsulates a full range of americana imagery – doomed love, defiance, outlaws, faith, mystery and death – all set in an undescribed location that calls up the settings for […]

Chris Pierce “Songs for the Heavy Hearted”

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A moving, beautifully crafted collection of songs that refuses to surrender compassion in a fractured world. Chris Pierce has always possessed one of the finest voices in americana, capable of conveying tenderness, conviction and quiet resilience […]

Margo Cilker unveils her “Little White Cross” for October

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Western folk singer-songwriter and AUK favourite Margo Cilker has announced her third album, Little White Cross, due out October 9 via Fossil Records, a label Cilker recently launched with fellow musician ISMAY. The upcoming 10-song set […]

Month: October 2020