2020 – Page 167 – Americana UK

Drew Young “Wondering Where This Will End” – Listen

August 6, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Not, as you might think, a song about these strange times, New Orleans singer-songwriter Drew Young is actually thinking about the strange times we used to have – you know, when you could meet people and […]

Video: Mark Moldre “White Lightning”

August 6, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Here is a delightfully creative, homemade video, featuring cut-out text and images combined with performance footage. It’s the fourth single from Mark Moldre’s acclaimed 2019 album, ‘Fever Dreams’, celebrating a year since it’s release. ‘White Lightning’ […]

Classic Americana Albums: Son Volt “Trace” (Warner Bros, 1995)

August 5, 2020 Tim Newby 1

When Jay Farrar sings, “May the wind blow your troubles away,” on ‘Windfall’, about a long-distance drive to escape one’s problems and the opening track of Son Volt’s 1995 debut album, ‘Trace’, it came across like […]

Video + Exclusive Commentary: Justin Wells “No Time for a Broken Heart”

August 5, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Here is the wonderfully characterful voice of Justin Wells, who tells it like it is on latest single ‘No Time for a Broken Heart’. When he sings: “I’d like to lie and tell you it gets […]

Kathleen Edwards “Total Freedom” (Dualtone Records, 2020)

August 5, 2020 Russell Murphy 0

In 2014, having released four studio albums, Kathleen Edwards returned home from yet another promotional tour for her 2012 album, ‘Voyageur’, put away her guitar and stepped back from the business. The hamster wheel of writing/recording/touring/repeat […]