May 2023 – Page 24 – Americana UK

Essentials: The Top 10 songs of the San Francisco Sound roots

May 11, 2023 Michael Macy 4

Americana music is like the Mississippi, a mighty current constantly shifted by influences great and small. One of the musical streams that altered the flow of americana is the tumbling turbulence that bubbled up from the […]

Dream Team Double Header – Martin Carthy and… Toyah? It’s a Mystery.

May 11, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

What? Really, Songkick, what? Martin Carthy… on tour with Toyah? How could that be? The very definition of the folk singer a lifetime deep in the music and one of the contenders for a pixie-princess of […]

Track Premiere: Kevin Bowe “California Sober”

May 11, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Kevin Bowe is a writer/producer/mixer/musician from Minneapolis, he’s worked with a string of names – some in and some without the Americana genre but notables, for us, include Paul Westerberg, Gary Louris and Freedy Johnston. He’s […]

Video: John Mellencamp “Hey God”

May 11, 2023 Ed Donnelly 0

John Mellencamp’s voice has settled into a growl as he pleads with God to help the human race on his new single ‘Hey God’. Troubled souls in black and white enter a church alone and plead […]

Cover Art Rough & Tumble "Only This Far"

The Rough & Tumble “Only This Far”

May 11, 2023 Jonathan Smith 0

Rawness meets polish on this striking acoustic songwriting outing. The Rough & Tumble are a duo comprising spousal bandmates Mallory Graham and Scott Tyler. Plying their musical trade travelling the roads of America in a motorhome, […]