2021 – Page 325 – Americana UK

Lambs & Wolves “Not A Party At All”

March 16, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Germany’s Lambs & Wolves have produced an album of some subtlety, which is a call back to a style that used to swamp the alt-folk scene but which has latterly fallen somewhat from favour. Across the […]

Brandi Carlile covers John Prine Grammy winning song – Listen

March 16, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

John Prine won two awards at the Grammys on Sunday for his final recording, ‘I Remember Everything’ and Brandi Carlile has now released a studio version of her cover of it which she performed during the […]

Todd Snider announces “First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder”

March 16, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

“Me and Neal Casal used to say ‘I don’t have to live like I’m dying.’” Todd Snider has announced the release of his eighteenth album ‘First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder’ which comes out next […]

Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – “Hunter and the Dog Star”

March 16, 2021 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

A very solid, lively return from the shadows for Edie Brickell. It was Edie Brickell’s 55th birthday recently, so ‘Hunter And The Dog,’ her latest release with the New Bohemians, comes in quite timely. After a […]

Will Graefe “Coral Court Motel” – Listen

March 16, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Okkervil River collaborator Will Graefe has a solo album ‘Marine Life‘ due in April on 11A Records and ‘Coral Court Motel‘ is a taster for it. It’s a song that whoozes through on waves of despairing […]

Something for the weekend: Chicago “Just You ‘N’ Me”

June 26, 2026 2

Well that’s it from us for this week. It’s PAYDAY for many people and if you’re dreamimg of a future when you can actually go out the of house without a wall of unbearable heat hitting […]

Tift Merritt “Sugar”

June 26, 2026 0

Merritt returns with a beautifully sung meditation on love, work and the sweetness hidden in ordinary lives. After almost a decade away from releasing new albums, Tift Merritt returns with a collection of songs that feels […]

Classic Clips: Lynyrd Skynyrd “Call Me The Breeze” – Old Grey Whistle Test, London, 1975

June 26, 2026 0

Somewhere I have a cassette tape of this session, recorded from the TV using the tiny built-in audio mic on my radio cassette player; very low tech. The recording was further embellished with random sneezes from […]

Year: 2021