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Artwork for Jeb Loy Nichols album "The United States of The Broken Hearted"

Jeb Loy Nichols “The United States of the Broken Hearted”

December 8, 2022 Viv Fish 0

Calm, creatively soothing songs for cold dark nights. Jeb Loy Nichols is a musician, writer and artist who has lived on a remote smallholding in the Welsh hills for the past twenty years. Born in Wyoming […]

Tim Martin: My Americana Year – 2022

December 8, 2022 Tim Martin 0

All through 2022 I’ve been banging on about what a great year it has been for new music. I looked back at the scores I’ve given and overall, they are higher than in 2021. Have I […]

Casper Skulls “Yards” – don’t play with fire

December 8, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

The important thing to note about this song is that it is a true tale drawn from life, as Melanie St-Pierre of the band explains: “‘Yards’ is a song I wrote about my childhood house burning […]

Video Premiere: Joshua Burnside “Woven”

December 8, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

Experimental folk artist Joshua Burnside has received much acclaim in recent years. Championed by the likes of The Guardian, Clash, BBC 6Music and regional radio in the USA, Burnside is known for an unlikely blend of […]

Classic Americana Albums: Sarah Jarosz “Undercurrent”

December 7, 2022 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

There are plenty of reasons to describe ‘Undercurrent’ as a ‘Classic Americana Album’, but we might as well start with the official ones. In 2016, the album won two Grammys, one for ‘Best Folk Album’ and […]

Mary Gauthier “Reckoning”

September 22, 2026 2

One of our finest songwriters delivers an album for our times with consummate clarity and lyrical daring. Mary Gauthier was something of a late starter, delivering her first album when she was in her late thirties […]

Sylvie finally make a full length debut which arrives in November

September 22, 2026 1

Sylvie, the project of Los Angeles artist Ben Schwab, has announced their forthcoming album, New Season, available November 6th, 2026, via Ghostly International. Rina (feat. Alex Amen) is the single out now. Reflecting on a passing […]

Features

More People Really Should Know About: Carey Ott

September 22, 2026 0

Carey Ott is nothing if not prolific. He hails from Chicago, and he’s a multi-instrumentalist, a producer and engineer and a performer. He’s released seven albums to date as well as numerous singles. In my music […]

Year: 2022