2021 – Page 261 – Americana UK

Jason McNiff “Dust of Yesterday”

May 12, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Seventh album from folk troubadour reflects on the past. Jason McNiff’s seventh album was recorded at his home studio in the Summer and Autumn of 2020, and there’s a sense that the enforced home-time led to […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – week 18

May 12, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 0

An escape to literature – join me. School life is currently at full tilt. Exam years are freaking out about what’s happening, happened and might yet happen as well as what might not. Meanwhile the other […]

Artwork for Jake Swamp and The Pine's EP "Outside the Studio"

Jake Swamp and The Pine “Outside the Studio”

May 12, 2021 Kimberly Bright 0

Jake Swamp and The Pine recorded a socially distanced EP outdoors to keep up the momentum of creating their stripped-down, heartfelt acoustic music. Americana-folk duo Drew Zieff (vocals, guitar) and Stuart Babcock (mandolin, harmonies) take their […]

The Belfast Cowboys “Looking For The Northern Lights” – Listen

May 12, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Plenty of bands cite Dylan as an influence, but The Belfast Cowboys draw their true inspiration from Van Morrison. The Minnesotan band started out as a pure Van the Man tribute band in 2002, but have […]

Video Premiere: Crimson Calamity “My Best Friends”

May 12, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

In this joyful, humorous video premiere, Crimson Calamity have a lot of fun with puppets representing the two best friends in the narrative, Mary and Jane. It’s the perfect accompaniment to a song that is charming, […]

All-star tribute to the Delmore Brothers to be released in October

July 1, 2026 0

The music of Alton and Rabon Delmore continues to influence generations of singers and songwriters across multiple genres. From their first appearance as the Delmore Brothers at the 1926 Athens Fiddlers Convention, their intricate harmonies took […]

Lynn Blakey “Dreams are Lovers: A Retrospective”

July 1, 2026 0

Unfashionable but influential collaborative indie singer-songwriter enjoys a career-spanning retrospective following her untimely death earlier this year. Lynn Blakey was not a name that gained a great deal of traction commercially but she was an influential […]

Live Review: Maisy Owen with BJ Cole + Joe Harvey-Whyte, Theatreship, London – 23rd June 2026

July 1, 2026 0

It was a hot evening in London as the audience for Maisy Owen’s first London show gathered at the Theatreship moored at Docklands’ South Quay. The ship is a converted barge with outside and inside bars […]

Year: 2021

Jason McNiff “Dust of Yesterday”

Sounds from beyond the Shed – week 18

Jake Swamp and The Pine “Outside the Studio”

The Belfast Cowboys “Looking For The Northern Lights” – Listen

Video Premiere: Crimson Calamity “My Best Friends”

All-star tribute to the Delmore Brothers to be released in October

Lynn Blakey “Dreams are Lovers: A Retrospective”

Live Review: Maisy Owen with BJ Cole + Joe Harvey-Whyte, Theatreship, London – 23rd June 2026

Jim James takes off his Morning Jacket and gets all “Wowed Out” on his latest solo album

Styrofoam Winos “Somebody Wants To Send You A Message” – it comes and goes