September 2023 – Page 17

Album artwork for Mick Flannery's 'Goodtime Charlie'

Mick Flannery “Goodtime Charlie”

September 15, 2023 Kimberly Bright 0

Emotionally charged, lyrically rich songs from Irish singer-songwriter Mick Flannery, tackling complex issues people face at various points in the messy arc of their lives. When Oh Boy Records, founded by John Prine in 1981, signed […]

AUK’s Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Andy Davidson

September 15, 2023 Andy Davidson 3

Seesh, what a brief. It’s those two words greatest and ever. I do feel lacking in the evolutionary knowledge required to do this feature justice. Previous contributors have already cited some big heavyweights of the genre […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 112

September 15, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

How the other half lives… I have mentioned in this column before that my beloved (and possibly misguided) wife has had a major birthday this month. So major, in fact, that your correspondent has been saving […]

Graham Brown “Solo”

September 15, 2023 Andy Davidson 0

An admirable effort from one of Canada’s finest lacks lustre without a full band sound. Graham Brown is a seasoned musician. He has established a reputation as one of Canada’s finest electric guitarists while fronting his […]

Darrin James “When You’re With Me” – you be you

September 15, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Here’s some Seventies-style up-tempo and upbeat country rock from Darrin James. It bounds along at a great pace with Darrin James sincerely conveying a message of equality – “you can always just be yourself when you’re […]

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