October 2023 – Page 23

Our Man In The Field – active everywhere

October 11, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

‘Gold On The Horizon’, is the forthcoming new album by Our Man In The Field aka singer/songwriter and actor Alex Ellis, which will be released in November. ‘Gold On The Horizon’ has been produced by Tucker […]

Alice Gerrard “Sun To Sun” – it’s time to stop just talking

October 11, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Alice Gerrard’s ‘Sun To Sun‘ may be a sprightly tune, with equal light placed on Tatiana Hargreaves’ fiddle, Reed Stutz’s banjo and DaShawn Hickman’s pedal steel but it has a serious message about gun control. Gerrard’s […]

Video: Swampmeat Family Band “Pouring Down”

October 11, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

Here is the latest single from Birmingham, UK-based Swampmeat Family Band. The Hynek Gannon-directed video for ‘Pouring Down’ is as darkly atmospheric as the music, with brilliant use of colour and fire to convey the mood […]

Interview: Thea Gilmore on how a few beats helped release the real Thea Gilmore

October 10, 2023 Martin Johnson 8

Afterlight represented the start of a regeneration. Thea Gilmore is 20 albums and 25 years into her career which on the face of it is not the most obvious point to release her eponymous album, particularly […]

Midlake & John Grant “You Don’t Get To” – no quitters

October 10, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

So, we were mentioning that John Grant and Midlake had a new double A side single, and doubtless you were wondering, dear reader, what the other A Side was like? Well, it is quite simply John […]

Dean Owenswith John Convertino and Joey Burns

The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks

September 24, 2026 0

It’s week 2 of the search for our writers’ Top 10 UK americana albums, and Jonathan Hincks will doubt add to the debate with his choice, as follows: With the hands of the Doomsday Clock edging […]

Album artwork for The Fool by Embla and the Karldotters

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

September 24, 2026 0

Norwegian queer-country assertively and affectionately delivering. Embla Karidotter was the drummer for Norwegian indie band Razika for 13 years, before she chose to change direction and build on her love of country music with new band […]

Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

September 24, 2026 0

On the 16th of October, Béla Fleck is to release the recording of a stellar Nashville night as a live album called Live Heart. On January 8, 2022, he and a multigenerational gang of musical heavy […]

Month: October 2023

Our Man In The Field – active everywhere

Alice Gerrard “Sun To Sun” – it’s time to stop just talking

Video: Swampmeat Family Band “Pouring Down”

Interview: Thea Gilmore on how a few beats helped release the real Thea Gilmore

Midlake & John Grant “You Don’t Get To” – no quitters

The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

Izzie Walsh “Where Do We Go From Here?”

Americana Stories – Stephen Eyre “On the road”