October 2023 – Page 33

View from Across La Manche #18 – From Our Own Correspondent

October 2, 2023 Rick Bayles 0

Size isn’t everything… One of the things you have to get to grips with when you come to France is how much more space there is and what that means in everyday life. France has roughly […]

Artwork for Restos album "Ain't Dead Yet"

Restos “Ain’t Dead Yet”

October 2, 2023 Peter Thompson 0

Solid country rock with memorable melodies and tight harmonies. Restos is a band born from the ashes of well established Texan outfit, Western Youth. All five members of Restos were members of (six-piece) Western Youth. The […]

Preview: Fairport Convention announce Autumn 2023 UK Tour, celebrating 56 years of British folk rock

October 2, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

We do tend to view some bands as Americana alumni royalty here in AUK Towers, so it’s a delight to announce that following their return to the fields of Oxfordshire for their Cropredy Convention in August, […]

McKowski “Notes From The Boneyard”

October 2, 2023 Tim Martin 0

Ethereal folk soundtracks for imaginary films. Magical, if at times unsettling sounds. McKowski is the new alter ego of Mark McCausland, one half of the Irish duo The Lost Brothers. Lead single ‘Lake’ takes a scene […]

Mike Stocksdale “Gone Gone Gone” – time relentlessly marches on

October 2, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

On today’s slice of steadily rocking Americana Mike Stocksdale reflects on the passage of time and the relentless loss of heroes, singing “We lost Charlie Watts today / Paul McCartney sure looked sad but he wouldn’t […]