January 2021 – Page 4

Classic Americana Albums: Songs: Ohia “Magnolia Electric Co.”

January 27, 2021 Diccon Johnston 1

‘Magnolia Electric Co.’ is the place to enter the world of Jason Molina. It draws together the essential elements of his music to the point that is most accessible, combining alt-country, low-fi and indie-rock seamlessly. In […]

Loretta Lynn is Still Woman Enough

January 27, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Loretta Lynn’s upcoming album, her fourth on the Legacy label, is a celebration of Women in Country Music. It’s called ‘Still Woman Enough’ and it will be out on March 19th and features as guest artists […]

Gabriel Douglas “Darker Still”

January 27, 2021 Lyndon Bolton 0

A cry from the dark. There is a certain bleakness to the solo albums of Gabriel Douglas but as the title suggests, his latest, ‘Darker Still’ plunges into deeper gloom. Douglas is best known as part […]

A tribute to my beautiful lost mum, Pat Whitfield

January 27, 2021 Mark Whitfield 15

A week last Thursday the phone went at 7.45 in the morning, a call which I’ll never forget. My dad told me that in the middle of the night, my mum had completely out of the […]

What is Americana? – Our Man in the Field

January 27, 2021 Paul Kerr 2

Second day of our hook up with Country In The UK to pose this question to a few UK acts in the week that the Americana Music Association UK hosts its annual festival and awards ceremony, […]