March 2022 – Page 13 – Americana UK

Book Review – Shana Goldin-Perschbacher “Queer Country”

March 22, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

A view from the margins of Americana. This is a really fascinating book about a sub-genre of Americana that many of us will know little, or nothing, about. As the author acknowledges early on, many people […]

Awkward Family Portraits “Dear Old West”

March 22, 2022 Paul Kerr 1

Dashing and gallus, Awkward Family Portraits are on top form here with their exotic blend of old time swing, country, blues and all points in between. Glasgow’s favourite purveyors of old time music, vaudeville and Western […]

Track Premiere: Stanhope “Angry At Strangers”

March 22, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Stanhope is the performing pseudonym of Chris Rawlins, who has been performing since 2014, when he moved to Chicago and started playing at open-mics, local gigs and local tours. He released an album ‘Bring on the […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 50

March 22, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0

When does education end and humiliation begin? Every year before COVID there was one activity that the whole school took part in at the same time in the same place. It inspired love, loathing, hatred, imaginative […]

Kate Rusby announces 30th-anniversary album and extensive tour

March 22, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Kate Rusby has announced her 30th-anniversary album ’30: Happy Returns‘ will be released on May 6th on Pure Records. Her 30-year career has seen Rusby release nineteen albums, net a Mercury Music Prize in 1999, and […]

Lance Cowan “The Air That You Breathe”

August 10, 2026 0

There is no slowing down Lance Cowan as he releases another fine set of story songs. Lance Cowan hails from West Kentucky. Songwriting and singing mark the third phase of his working life. Originally employed as […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 248 “Too much good stuff…”

August 10, 2026 0

Can you ever have too much of a good thing? It’s a question I asked myself whilst sifting through potential news stories for the site. There has been an avalanche of great stuff being announced in […]

Jim James “Wowed Out” – wow, wow, wow – unbelievable

August 10, 2026 2

We’re giving ourselves an easy start to the week – after the heatwave hell of the weekend we think we deserve it – by starting with a song by an artist we can confidently say “needs […]

Month: March 2022