2021 – Page 47 – Americana UK

Classic Clips: Molly Tuttle and Billy Strings “I’m Sittin’ On Top Of The World” – Live at the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, 2019

November 12, 2021 Russell Murphy 2

I will admit to not knowing a great deal about Molly Tuttle until I was handed an assignment to review her 2019 album “When You’re Ready”. This was one of those simply delicious moments when you […]

The Jaws Of Brooklyn “Fever” – Burn, Baby, Burn

November 12, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Born from the meeting of Radio Raheem’s three members (Zia Uddin-Drums, Paul Christofferson-Bass, Bryan Cohen-Guitar) with singer Lindsay Love. The place – Seattle. The time – the height of the 2020 portion of the COVID pandemic […]

Christy Moore “Clock Winds Down” – it’s the end of the world as we know it

November 12, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

With the COP26 winding to a close this weekend this new song from Christy Moore couldn’t be more timely. Picture, if you will, a planet with a changing climate and a leadership example given by the […]

Shuffle: Toomey, to you: an appreciation of Jenny Toomey

November 12, 2021 David Cowling 0

Jenny Toomey was prominent on the Washington DC Hardcore scene in the early 1990s, she played in several bands including Choke, Geek and most notably in Tsunami. It’s not this part of her career that I’m […]

Live Review: Lauren Housley + Robbie Cavanagh, The Half Moon, Putney, 4th November

November 12, 2021 Lyndon Bolton 2

Of the many albums released during lockdown, Lauren Housley’s ‘Girl From the North’ is one to be savoured live. From the Americana and country core of her first two albums, Housley has added New Orleans blues […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee
By Ian C Rothery , 1 hour ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Ashley McBryde - Wild (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 5 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Liz stringer ‘ first time really feeling’Melbourne song...
By fredhead , 6 days ago
RE: Versions!
@paul-villers Those versions keep coming
By Martin Johnson , 7 days ago
RE: What are you watching at the moment?
Just binged "Legends" - a British drama on Netflix abou...
By Paul Villers , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Radio Paradise's Mellow Mix whilst on a bit of a drive
By Peter Thompson , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Amy Grant The 6th of January (Yasgur’s Farm): time for ...
By Jonathan Hincks , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
The Lone Bellow - The Lone Bellow (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
XTC - A Coat of Many Cupboards (excerpts...it's a 4 CD ...
By Peter Thompson , 2 weeks ago

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Lemon and Lime”

May 15, 2026 1

Well that’s it from us for this week, and bear with me dear reader with the track we’re leaving you with for the weekend which despite starting off sounding like we’ve veered into covering 90s-era Britpop, […]

Cowboy Junkies “Open to Beauty”

May 15, 2026 0

Americana legends celebrate 21st-century releases on latest career retrospective. Forty years in, the Cowboy Junkies remain one of the great under-the-surface bands in Americana: despite having a million-selling classic to their name, they rarely make best-of […]

Book Review: Patrick Joseph O’Connor “Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community”

May 15, 2026 0

Patrick Joseph O’Connor’s Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community reclaims an overlooked part in American musicology. While places like Chicago, Memphis, and the Mississippi Delta often dominate the story of Blues, O’Connor suggests that […]

Year: 2021