September 2021 – Page 24

Backline “Sixteen Tons” – and what do you get?

September 13, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Yup, it’s the Merle Travis song but South Carolina bluegrass band Backline have give it a distinctive twist. The six piece band have been playing since 2016, but the individual members have been playing since their […]

Video: Shawna Caspi “Wait Love”

September 13, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

Here is the second single from Shawna Caspi’s brand new album ‘Hurricane Coming’, available from Bandcamp here. ‘Wait Love’ is Caspi’s first co-write with producer Joel Schwartz, who also provides warm guitar, banjo and shimmering Rhodes piano. […]

Something for the weekend: Lilly Hiatt “Bean”

September 10, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

That’s it from us for another week dear reader, and we leave you news of a new full-length album from Lilly Hiatt which will be released this autumn, on October 15th to be precise. ‘Lately’ was […]

Clint’s Classic Clips: Laura Cantrell “All the Same to You” on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, 2003

September 10, 2021 Clint West 0

Superlative live TV performance from the John Peel approved country singer. Whilst looking for content for this feature, I’ve been impressed by the number of US late-night TV shows there have been over the years that […]

Emily Scott Robinson “Old Gods” – oh, they’re tricksters!

September 10, 2021 Jonathan Aird 1

No, we’re not entering Lovecraft Country with this new single from Emily Scott Robinson, it is not those Old Gods, this is not Southern Gothic with the Gothic writ large and there’s not the slightest hint […]