April 2022 – Page 4 – Americana UK

Track Premiere: Bird Streets (featuring Aimee Mann) “Unkind”

April 28, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

On ‘Unkind‘ New Yorker John Brodeur confesses to being less than nice “I have paid you no mind / I have been reckless and obscene“, and then somewhat undercuts this apology by adding “that ain’t something […]

Video Premiere: Chris Beall “Big Blue World”

April 28, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

When the pandemic put a halt to most of the South Austin Moonlighters’ touring schedule, band-member Chris Beall set out on his own, playing solo shows wherever he could. The Texan singer-songwriter found himself energised and […]

Classic Americana Albums: Stephanie Dosen “A Lily For The Spectre”

April 27, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Into the Haunted Woods – mind the owls. There was something in the air in the middle of the first decade of the 21st Century, with magic and vampires in vogue in fiction and film and, […]

Mike Stevens “The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald” – Wow

April 27, 2022 Jonathan Aird 2

Yes, wow. It’s been a while since the never called that “Americana UK Midweek Instrumental Chill Out Zone“, but here we are, it’s midweek, a tough week (aren’t they all?) and boy could we do with […]

Video: Bobby Mahoney and the Seventh Son “Lay It On Me”

April 27, 2022 Ed Donnelly 0

‘Lay It On Me’ is an earnest slow burn of a song that builds to a rousing, anthemic guitar solo and finale. Bobby Mahoney and the Seventh Son deliver a heartfelt performance that nods to their […]