2021 – Page 368 – Americana UK

Bill Callahan & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy cover Leonard Cohen – Listen

February 3, 2021 Mark Whitfield 1

We’ve been covering the lockdown collaborations between old friends Bill Callahan and Will Oldham aka Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy for some time now, collaborations which have involved getting together with friends and covering other people’s songs, both […]

KB Bayley “Little Thunderstorms”

February 3, 2021 Tim Martin 0

Atmospheric playing, dusty guitar and some compelling songs. An early year highlight. There’s no sound more Americana than a Dobro guitar played with a slide. The opening of ‘Cold Rain’ the first song on KB Bayley’s […]

Valley Maker “No One Is Missing” – Listen

February 3, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Valley Maker is the band name of Austin Crane, who has announced a new album ‘When the Day Leaves’ which will be released via Frenchkiss Records on 19th February. ‘No One is Missing‘ is the second […]

Video Premiere: Rick Shea “Big Rain is Comin’ Mama”

February 3, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

Check out the premiere of ‘Big Rain is Comin’ Mama’, the new video from Rick Shea. The veteran Southern Californian singer-songwriter describes it as “…a nice country two-step about impending doom, maybe set somewhere along the […]

Jeremy Porter and the Tucos “Candy Coated Cannonball”

February 2, 2021 Peter Tomkins 0

Power pop for teenagers played, really well, by their dads. Opening with a rock and roll riff, and a Farfisa organ, ‘Put You On Hold’ is a solid slab of early sixties garage rock. However, it […]