2020 – Page 425 – Americana UK

Water and Sand “Catching Light” (Blue Rose Records, 2019)

January 13, 2020 Clint West 0

Water and Sand are the collaborative project of established songwriters Todd Thibaud and Kim Taylor. ‘Catching Light’ is their second album together following a self-titled debut in 2016. Thibaud fronted The Courage Brothers before releasing the […]

Alabama 3 + Curse Of Lono, 02 Academy, Bristol, 20th December 2019

January 13, 2020 Tim Merricks 0

It’s been a long time coming but Brixton’s perennial sharp-shooters Alabama 3 are once again hungry for that “Sweet Pretty Muthafuckin Country Acid House Music.” The unholy congregation of talent who put the menace into ‘The […]

Video Premiere: Ryan Hamilton & The Harlequin Ghosts “Can I Get an Amen”

January 13, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Here is the first single from the forthcoming album by Ryan Hamilton & The Harlequin Ghosts. Co-written by Stevie Van Zandt, ‘Can I Get an Amen’ is a rootsy rocker of a song. As well as […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Golden Smog “Glad & Sorry”

January 13, 2020 Paul Kerr 1

Following on from Wilco’s Passenger Side, I went down a Jeff Tweedy rabbit hole looking at some other projects he’s been involved in and ended up with Golden Smog. An occasional and shape-shifting combination of like-minded […]

Vintage Springsteen set vinyl for re-release

January 13, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

There are, in fact, five albums by Springsteen on their way that have never been re-issued on vinyl since their original release. It’s a situation that had to be rectified! Not today, but on the 21st […]