Features
Small Venue Heroes – Chuck Prophet
Chuck Prophet has been a regular feature of the live scene in the UK for over 30 years and although I have seen him several times, each of those time is joyous celebration of the uplifting […]
Month: April 2022
Album Reviews
Old Crow Medicine Show “Paint This Town”
Old Crow Medicine Show bulk up their sound for an enjoyable and varied listen. The original crowd-pleasing string band revival outfit, Old Crow Medicine Show might have new rivals in the shape of The Dead South […]
Tracks
Thomas Cassell “Traveling Shoes” – On the road again
Thomas Cassell’s ‘Travelling Shoes’ appear both literal and metaphorical – mostly the latter though, for even when he sings of lacing up his travelling shoes its just a reminder that he’s hitting the road, again, for […]
Videos
Video: Tom Jenkins “Back Roads”
Tom Jenkins’ recent single ‘Back Roads’ is delivered with a sense of urgency as a rhythmic strum and insistent percussion drive the song forward. There are soaring backing vocals and an anthemic, sing-along chorus, delivered with […]
Classic Americana Albums
Classic Americana Album: Neutral Milk Hotel “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea”
It takes quite an effort to be an especially lazy person; easier to just be typically lazy. So, in selecting this album as a classic of Americana, I’ll demonstrate my own typically lazy approach by straightaway […]