October 2021 – Americana UK

Something for the weekend: Hurray for the Riff Raff “Rhododendron”

October 29, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for the week and we leave you dear reader with a track taken from the new album from Hurray for the Riff Raff aka the Bronx-born, New Orleans–based singer/songwriter Alynda Segarra. […]

Studio Life: Screaming Orphans

October 29, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

How turning old into new can lead to a 9/10 Americana UK review. Screaming Orphans are an Irish band of sisters who are known for their melodic mix of musical genres, fine musicianship and tireless touring. […]

Classic Clips: Conor Oberst (with First Aid Kit & Dawes) “Lua” – Cardinal Sessions, Haldern Pop Special

October 29, 2021 Cam Fraser 0

Conor Oberst is joined by First Aid Kit for an achingly lovely, sunlit version of a Bright Eyes classic. High on my list of things I’d like to do once normal life resumes properly… oh, please […]

The Delines announce new album, UK dates, new video – Watch

October 29, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

Portland-based country-soul group The Delines who swept the board in our end of year readers’ poll in 2019 have announced their third studio album ‘The Sea Drift’ which will be released on February 11th 2022 via […]

Shuffle: Obscurity Knocks!

October 29, 2021 David Cowling 1

My last column covered the creation of a playlist culled from the mass of tracks on my iPod. I painstakingly worked through the 33,000+ tracks, and in doing so there were many explosions in my synapses, […]

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 […]

Laura Cortese “Lucky Water”

October 5, 2026 0

Low-key folk with beautiful vocals and evocative, atmospheric, sensuous words. Laura Cortese grew up in San Francisco and discovered folk music through the fiddle camps she attended. She has toured with artists including The Mountain Goats […]

Month: October 2021

Something for the weekend: Hurray for the Riff Raff “Rhododendron”

Studio Life: Screaming Orphans

Classic Clips: Conor Oberst (with First Aid Kit & Dawes) “Lua” – Cardinal Sessions, Haldern Pop Special

The Delines announce new album, UK dates, new video – Watch

Shuffle: Obscurity Knocks!

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

Wynonna “Hear Me Now” – if only we could