December 2022 – Page 21

Jim Keller “Spark and Flame”

December 7, 2022 Andrew Raw 0

Great musicianship with eighties influences. Jim Keller was the guitarist and chief songwriter for the San Francisco group, Tommy Tutone, who had a couple of power-pop hits in the eighties, the most famous being ‘867-5309/ Jenny’. […]

Live Review: Cowboy Junkies, Royal Festival Hall, London – 27th November 2022

December 7, 2022 Lyndon Bolton 9

If there was an award for the most understated arrival on stage Cowboy Junkies would be strong contenders. For a show of such total immersion into a deep well of genres, whether their own material or […]

Dear Dr. Cleetus… Am I too hairy for Americana?

December 7, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0

Every month Dr Cleetus Hose, renowned relationship and sexual health guru shares his advice for Americana UK readers. Dear Dr Cleetus, I have long been a fan of Americana music and all the things that go […]

Boulder Fields “Falkirk Attic Demos”

December 7, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

Folkier reinventions of a hard-rocking past. This EP (5 tracks) is the debut release from new Scottish outfit, Boulder Fields, consisting of singer/songwriter Cam Fraser, fiddle player Amy Geddes and mandolin player Iain McCleod. It’s a […]

Trevor Beales “Then I’ll Take You Home” – lost folk rediscovered

December 7, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

This is like music from another time, and there’s a simple reason for this as it comes from a cache of recently rediscovered recordings by a teenager called Trevor Beales, who recorded his music in an […]