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 […]

This is Lorelei “The Singer in My Band”

October 5, 2026 0

Deeply human songs with indie sensibilities and shades of bluegrass. This is Lorelei is the moniker used by singer-songwriter Nate Amos. He’s also in the experimental, indie pop band Water from Your Eyes, where he plays […]

Anniversary Cheers: Levellers “Levelling The Land” celebrates 35 years

October 5, 2026 0

Warner Music UK/Rhino release a 35th-Anniversary version of the classic sophomore album from the Levellers. Originally released in 1991 with that iconic opening “There’s only one way of life / And that’s your own”, the Levellers […]

Dom Flemons to release new album using Smithsonian’s collection of musical instruments

October 5, 2026 0

Dom Flemons, the GRAMMY Award-winning musician and music scholar, will release his new album Making American Music: The Smithsonian Sessions on 22nd January 2027 via Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Recorded in the Nicholas and Eugenia Taubman Hall […]

Month: March 2021

Track Premiere: Dusty Wright “Friend Of The Devil”

Janet Simpson “Safe Distance”

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

Jimbo Mathus & Andrew Bird “These Thirteen”

Annabelle Chvostek “String of Pearls”

This is Lorelei “The Singer in My Band”

Anniversary Cheers: Levellers “Levelling The Land” celebrates 35 years

Dom Flemons to release new album using Smithsonian’s collection of musical instruments

Laura Cortese “Lucky Water”

Live Review: First Aid Kit and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, The Royal Albert Hall, London – 30th September 2026