May 2022 – Page 34 – Americana UK

Pete Mancini “Killing the Old Ways”

May 5, 2022 Cam Fraser 1

Songwriter carves out a niche in the Drive By Truckers monolith of country-rock. New York songwriter, Pete Mancini, releases his third album recorded at Dial-Back Studio, Water Valley, Mississippi with Drive-By Truckers bass player, Matt Patton, […]

Siv Jakobsen “Most Of The Time” – Flying high, sleeping right

May 5, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Not, we hasten to point out, a cover of the Dylan song. Siv Jakobsen’s ‘Most of the Time‘ is a wistful, dreamlike song which evokes a wish, of sorts, to be alone: “I wanna know what […]

Video: Kelsey Hunter “Let Me Burn”

May 5, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

Beginning with a rhythmic strum and country twang, ‘Let it Burn’ by Kelsey Hunter really hits its groove when her atmospheric singing voice is unleashed. As the song continues to build, thumping drums get your feet […]

Classic Americana Albums: Brendan Croker & the 5 O’Clock Shadows “Boat Trips In The Bay”

May 4, 2022 Paul Russell 0

A German folk magazine once described Brendan Croker as ‘a sympathetic, maybe rough, pub-rocker with big ears and one of the most pleasant musicians to come out of England.’ Whilst that isn’t the most flattering write-up, […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 53

May 4, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 1

It’s no wonder education is in a mess. This week a Govt. adviser on education and a Headteacher of a London school Katharine Birbalsingh said the following whilst giving evidence to an education committee “Just from […]