Album Reviews
Los Lobos “Native Sons”
Twelve covers that shine a light on the soul of Los Lobos Los Lobos are one of the greatest American bands of the last 40 years with their signature mix of rock, blues, country, R&B, folk, […]
Year: 2021
Album Reviews
Garrett Heath “Kingdom Come”
Reflective melancholy drives a search for truth, peace and love. “I believe the world will be saved by beauty”; so says Prince Lev Nikolyaevich Myshkin, the protagonist of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel, ‘The Idiot’. As a proponent […]
Classic Americana Albums
Classic Americana Albums: Jonathan Wilson “Fanfare”
Revitalising the Laurel Canyon scene and spawning a classic all in one go. 2011’s ‘Gentle Spirit’ caught the attention with its guitar-driven, parched songs and stylings but in 2013 Wilson released what remains his most consistent […]
Tracks
Track Premiere: Bill Filipiak “Fearing The Dawn”
‘Fearing the Dawn‘ is a country-blues shuffle of a song on which Bill Filipiak sings of coming to terms with his father’s death – not an easy journey as he confesses that “It took five years […]
Videos
Video Premiere: The Bean Pickers Union “Warrior”
Since 2006, Chuck Melchin has been putting out great Americana with a fluid, ever-changing collective called The Bean Picker’s Union, a cast of fine musicians. The band’s music reflects a range of roots influences and they […]