March 2021 – Americana UK

Track Premiere: Dusty Wright “Friend Of The Devil”

March 31, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Dusty Wright’s musical biography is a storied one – from folk bands singing kids’ songs for adults, through the garage-punk of Bastards of Execution and onwards through The Dusty Diamonds, who were inspired by a love […]

Janet Simpson “Safe Distance”

March 31, 2021 Mark Nenadic 0

For fans of Americana with a neatly understated, dark skies twang. From Birmingham (Alabama, not West Midlands), here rides Janet Simpson. This is her first big release ‘solo’ record, although she’s been making music for over […]

Classic Americana Albums: Ray Charles “Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music”

March 31, 2021 Mark Nenadic 2

Ray Charles was one smart son of a gun. He’d conquered the RnB world during the 1950s, despite his own blindness and American society’s overt racial barriers. But he knew there was beauty and versatility in […]

Jumbo Mathus & Andrew Bird album cover for These Thirteen

Jimbo Mathus & Andrew Bird “These Thirteen”

March 31, 2021 Peter Churchill 0

Old friends collaborate to great effect and produce a high-class slice of folk-based americana. It is the mid-90s. Swing jazz revival band Squirrel Nut Zippers, including founder member Jimbo Mathus, are looking for a fiddler. Andrew […]

Annabelle Chvostek “String of Pearls”

March 31, 2021 Russell Murphy 2

West meets South in jazzy folk excellence. The is the sixth album release by Toronto born Annabelle Chvostek and her first for six years. The hiatus was due to Chvostek experiencing a serious health issue, namely […]