Columns
Sounds from beyond the Shed – week 32
Hope not hate – seemed a good idea at the time and still is! I am now on half term so this will be a short one. It’s not often that news events crash into my […]
Month: October 2021
Album Reviews
Taylor Young Band “Mercury Transit”
Texas folk artist Taylor Young turns up the tempo but relaxes the vibe. The Taylor Young Band is from the 90s, and it never left. Timewarp is a concept that Americana and Country have never had […]
Tracks
Track Premiere: King Corduroy “Cosmic Blues Redux”
If there’s a holy grail of Cosmic American Music there is also, it appears, a secondary object of pursuit – “cosmic southern soul music” a sound anchored by a genuine reverence for the good stuff — […]
Videos
Video: Leon Creek “Hope Never Leaves My Side”
Not satisfied with releasing one of the best Americana albums of 2021 in ‘American Silence’, singer-songwriter Chris Pierce has formed an outstanding new band with fellow Los Angeles-based musicians Erik Janson and Matthew Stevens. The resulting […]
Classic Americana Albums
Classic Americana Albums: Lucinda Williams “Essence”
‘Essence’ was Lucinda Williams’ 2001 follow-up to ‘Car Wheels on a Gravel Road’, and if ever there was a hard act to follow, this was it! Its gentler tone made for an immediate contrast, but its […]