2021 – Page 238 – Americana UK

Classic Americana Albums: Ani DiFranco “Not A Pretty Girl”

June 2, 2021 Kimberly Bright 0

‘Not A Pretty Girl’ captures an intriguing portrait of songwriter, musician, poet, and political activist Ani DiFranco as a young woman. It was her sixth studio album on Righteous Babe Records, the label she started at […]

Joe Flip “Cafe” – Take a break and Listen

June 2, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Joe Flip has any number of strings to any number of guitars. Mostly to be found in the blues, as a solo performer, a duo or in a full band line-up he keeps busy in normal […]

Artwork for JR Harbidge album Long Black River

J.R. Harbidge “Long Black River”

June 2, 2021 Russell Murphy 0

Black Country americana really should be a ‘thing’. Given the number of new routes to market largely created as a result of that wondrous invention, t’Interweb, it is little wonder that so many artists – new […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 21

June 2, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 0

Oh I do love to be beside the seaside….. What is it about stepping out onto a shingle strewn piece of unfertile land and staring at a muddy, expanse of water that is so redemptive? You […]

artwork for Chris Blevins "Grief, Love & Other gifts

Chris Blevins “Grief, Love and Other Gifts”

June 2, 2021 Viv Fish 0

Two for the price of one. At the end of 2016, Tulsa, Oklahoma singer, songwriter and guitarist Chris Blevins gave up his day job in a post office to become a full-time musician. His debut album […]

Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

July 3, 2026 0

Performances don’t get much more intimate when less than 50 people are in the front space of a record shop and the artist is playing unamplified, less than five feet away. In the autumn of 2025, […]

Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”

July 3, 2026 0

Americana royalty teams up with a cracking Texas band to produce a varied and highly enjoyable mix of country, soul and stomp. Ryan Bingham is a comparatively rare example of an americana artist who has broken […]

Americana Stories – Simon Lamont “Americana”

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Simon Lamont’s contribution to our americana stories is called Americana. And it covers one of our core topics, what is americana, and why isn’t it country? Simon Lamont is an Irish writer and designer (graphic/web/garden) who […]

Year: 2021