2022 – Page 98 – Americana UK

Track Premiere Clint Alphin “Another Highway Song”

September 29, 2022 Jonathan Aird 1

Small towns are nothing to be ashamed of, but they can be constraining “there ain’t no fast lane in this town” sings Clint Alphin, adding in the voices of local low ambition “there ain’t no leaving […]

artwork for Dropkick Murphys album "This Machine Still Kills Fascists"

Dropkick Murphys “This Machine Still Kills Fascists”

September 29, 2022 Graeme Tait 0

Amplifier’s turned off as Massachusetts rockers breathe fire into Guthrie’s lyrics, strikingly relevant for such times as these. For well over twenty years Dropkick Murphys have unapologetically delivered their brand of American Celtic Punk Rock supplying […]

View from Across La Manche #8 – from our own correspondent

September 29, 2022 Rick Bayles 3

The sun has set on summer. Despite the continuing high temperatures and bright sunny days, summer is officially over. So it’s nice to be back, ruminating on life here in France. Once the 1st of September […]

Mike Pope “Songs For People (High & Low)”

September 29, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

Captivating album from an artist with an experimental edge. Mike Pope is an interesting musician. Seemingly well established on the local scene around San Diego in particular, and Southern California in general, he has avoided making […]

Interview: Kate Taylor on waiting over 50 years to revisit the sound of “Sister Kate”

September 29, 2022 Martin Johnson 2

Recording again with Peter Asher in LA and touring with Scotland’s Alan Thomson. The only sister of James, Livingstone, Hugh, and Alex, Kate Taylor’s 1971 debut album ‘Sister Kate’ was not just a great listen, it […]

Something for the weekend: Chicago “Just You ‘N’ Me”

June 26, 2026 2

Well that’s it from us for this week. It’s PAYDAY for many people and if you’re dreamimg of a future when you can actually go out the of house without a wall of unbearable heat hitting […]

Tift Merritt “Sugar”

June 26, 2026 0

Merritt returns with a beautifully sung meditation on love, work and the sweetness hidden in ordinary lives. After almost a decade away from releasing new albums, Tift Merritt returns with a collection of songs that feels […]

Classic Clips: Lynyrd Skynyrd “Call Me The Breeze” – Old Grey Whistle Test, London, 1975

June 26, 2026 0

Somewhere I have a cassette tape of this session, recorded from the TV using the tiny built-in audio mic on my radio cassette player; very low tech. The recording was further embellished with random sneezes from […]

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