September 2023 – Page 15

Track Premiere: Hallie Spoor “Shenandoah”

September 18, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

This is the third single to be released from Hallie Spoor’s EP ‘Heart Like Thunder‘, and it’s a lovely reimaging of the well known folk song. Hallie Spoor explains that “This cover of Shenandoah is very […]

Americana Vinyl Treasures: Mike Nesmith “The Prison”- Pacific Arts, 1975

September 18, 2023 Paul Kerr 3

Back before box sets, there were some LPs which were released in a box. The first I know of was Donovan’s two disc release ‘From A Garden To Flower’ which came out in 1968 but my […]

For the Sake of the Song: Dave Alvin “The Man in the Bed”

September 18, 2023 Clint West 3

Welcome to ‘For The Sake Of The Song’, our latest new series. It aims to celebrate individual songs and each week our writers will choose one of their own particular favourites to share with you. Dave […]

EP Round-Up September 2023

September 18, 2023 Alan Fitter 0

Welcome to the first of our regular EP Round-Ups. Wikipedia defines an EP as: “A musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record”. Most EPs play at […]

Artwork for Nanci Griffith tribute 'More Than A Whisper' on Rounder Records

Various Artists “More Than A Whisper: Celebrating The Music Of Nanci Griffith”

September 18, 2023 Richard Parkinson 1

A mighty and entirely merited salute to a giant of americana. Nanci Griffith would have turned 70 in July 2023 had she not died in August 2021 after a long illness. To celebrate her life and […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

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The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

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The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers

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Includes tracks from My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams and MJ Lenderman among others. Cinema Music Group, Killphonic Records, and City Slang have announced Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2 – Out of […]

Month: September 2023