2022 – Page 63 – Americana UK

AUK’s Chain Gang: Hiss Golden Messenger “Biloxi”

October 31, 2022 Graeme Tait 0

Following on from Kimberly Bright’s decision to slow down the American state hopping and spend a little more time in Mississippi and in particular the city that is Biloxi I’ve decided to pull the handbrake completely, […]

Live Review: Alela Diane + Lindsay Clark, St Matthias Church, Dalston, London – 20th October 2022

October 31, 2022 Peter Feldon 0

The reverential setting of a church in the back streets of Dalston was the sold-out London stop on Alela Diane’s three gig European tour, promoting her new album ‘Looking Glass’ (see our review). This was an […]

The Song Remains: Jerry Lee Lewis (1935 – 2022)

October 31, 2022 Martin Johnson 2

Rock and roll originator with a true country soul heart. Jerry Lee Lewis’s death on 28th October at home in Nesbit, Mississippi, from pneumonia, marks the end of an era, as he was the last living […]

Kit Lindsey “Appalachian Sunday” – haunted murder ballad

October 31, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Here’s an appropriate song for Halloween – the debut single by Kit Lindsey has a brooding ominous presence, as a daughter revenges her mother “she never saw him cry / ’til the day he came home […]

Video: Storm the Palace “Some of the Beasts and Birds We Saw”

October 31, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

The latest video from Scottish-based band Storm the Palace is a cinematic triumph. With generous support from Creative Scotland, film-maker Alberto Bravo has produced a genuinely creative and atmospheric visual with a strong sense of narrative […]