July 2023 – Page 9 – Americana UK

Video: Andy Hall “Squareneck Soul”

July 24, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

What a stunningly talented performer Andy Hall is. This solo video of ‘Squareneck Soul’ features just Hall and his squareneck Dobro guitar, notes slipping, sliding and tumbling. His nimble fingers and sweeping steel find a gorgeous […]

Something for the weekend: First Aid Kit “Everybody’s Got to Learn”

July 21, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

That’s it from us for another week and we leave you dear reader with a previously unreleased track from the new expanded version of Swedish indie-folksters First Aid Kit’s most recent album from 2022, this time […]

Interview: Barbara Manning returns to the live music scene

July 21, 2023 Paul Kerr 0

A much missed “cult” artist, Barbara Manning has announced her first live tour of the UK in almost three decades. When the news broke that Barbara Manning was to tour in the UK for the first […]

artwork for Far From Saints album Far From Saints

Far From Saints “Far From Saints”

July 21, 2023 Viv Fish 0

It’s only Patty Lynn, Dwight Baker and Kelly Jones, FFS. Not one to rest on his laurels, and although he has never even gone away, Kelly Jones is enjoying something of a renaissance right now. With […]

Otis Gibbs at SXSW 2009: Jovita's, Austin, TX, March 21, 2009 (Twangfest party) https://secure.flickr.com/photos/heather-c/3844773610/

Classic Clip: Otis Gibbs “Ghosts Of Our Fathers” Live at KDHX radio station – 20th August 2014

July 21, 2023 Andrew Raw 0

This week’s classic clip is Otis Gibbs’ almost unbearably moving ‘Ghosts Of Our Fathers’ recorded live by KDHX radio station in St Louis. From his seventh album ‘Souvenirs Of A Misspent Youth’ released in 2014, Otis […]

Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0

“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]

The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome to the Family”

July 28, 2026 0

The new release by The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio arrives with lively words of welcome. After three solo releases of his own, in 2019 Mike Jacoby teamed up with Don Read and Mike Levin to form […]

More People Really Should Know About: Hayden

July 28, 2026 0

When we say more people should know about Hayden, I’m not talking about the beloved 18th-century composer and founder of Viennese Classicism, but about Paul Hayden Desser, the Canadian singer-songwriter who has been quietly ploughing his […]

Month: July 2023

Video: Andy Hall “Squareneck Soul”

Something for the weekend: First Aid Kit “Everybody’s Got to Learn”

Interview: Barbara Manning returns to the live music scene

Far From Saints “Far From Saints”

Classic Clip: Otis Gibbs “Ghosts Of Our Fathers” Live at KDHX radio station – 20th August 2014

Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome to the Family”

More People Really Should Know About: Hayden

Various Artists “Just Look Inside the Cover – Songs of Pete Ham”

Willie J Healey to release new EP before October tour dates