2022 – Page 168 – Americana UK

The Sparklers “Miss Philadelphia”

July 26, 2022 GrahamBollands 0

Loud, melodic rock and roll best played at full blast. This loud, melodic band from Philadelphia, who have been recording and playing together since 2001, are clearly fans of and influenced by The Clash, The Replacements […]

Rainn Byrns “Big” – one mistake away from success

July 26, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Another slice of bedroom folk from Rainn Byrns in which he muses on missing out on success by not making the right move – or maybe any move – at the right time. Or any time. […]

Amanda Shires “Take It Like A Man”

July 26, 2022 Paul Kerr 0

A bold new direction for this acclaimed singer and fiddler might raise some eyebrows. If her 2018 release, To The Sunset’, found Amanda Shire moving away from the down-home roots of her previous albums, then ‘Take […]

Album cover for Nick Dittmeier album Heavy Denim

Nick Dittmeier and The Sawdusters “Heavy Denim”

July 26, 2022 Andrew Raw 0

Enjoyable country-rock fused with other influences. This is the very welcome third album from Nick Dittmeier, a singer-songwriter from Southern Indiana, and his backing band, The Sawdusters. It is the best of the three, although it […]

Kenny Roby “New Day” – the future starts…now

July 26, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Kenny Roby was a founder member of 6 String Drag, and was principal frontman and singer with that band. He has a self-titled solo album coming out on Royal Potato Family on August 5th,and this is […]