2022 – Page 60 – Americana UK

Classic Americana Albums: The David Grisman Quintet “Hot Dawg”

November 2, 2022 Martin Johnson 2

Mandolin virtuoso David Grisman is one of the architects of what was called new acoustic music over forty years ago with his Dawg Music which was a successful blend of bluegrass, jazz, Django Reinhardt and Stephane […]

Artwork for Rainn Byrns album “New In Town”.

Rainn Byrns “New In Town”

November 2, 2022 Darren Lumbroso 0

Lo-fi, self-produced, catchy debut album documenting the challenges of everyday life. Having been born in Texas, brought up in Swindon, Rainn Byrns currently resides in Peckham in South-East London. His debut album ‘New In Town’ is […]

Jesse Malin announces UK dates for 2023

November 2, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

New York based Jesse Malin is marking twenty years as a solo artist with a UK and European tour to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of his acclaimed 2003 debut album ‘The Fine Art Of Self Destruction’. […]

Freight “Hard Worker”

November 2, 2022 Ian Kennedy 1

A stomping rocky country funk, or funky country rock, album made by friends. Freight (from Ithaca NY state, there is another one!) are a five-piece band, built around a collaboration between JP Payton (JP and the […]

Hushman “She Climbs The Munros” – not solely an appreciation of craggy mountainsides

November 2, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Self-described “Anglo-Celt” Hushman (AKA Ewan MacPherson) has worked with Indie-folk trio Salt House, Acid-Croft legends Shooglenifty and Nu-Nordic Quartet Fribo. That may or may not mean much to you, dear avid folkie and Americana reader, but […]