2023 – Page 100 – Americana UK

Live Review: Bonny Light Horseman with the London Contemporary Orchestra, The Barbican, London – 15th September 2023

September 22, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

It’s quite a thought that in early 2020 Bonny Light Horseman (Anaïs Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson, Josh Kaufman) could be found playing in The Lexington – a lovely place in many ways, but on no one’s […]

artwork for Briscoe album "West Of It All"

Briscoe “West Of It All”

September 22, 2023 Graeme Tait 2

Excellent debut album from Texan duo stuffed full of songs with catchy melodies and strong harmonies. Hailing from Texas, Briscoe are made up of Truett Heintzelman and Philip Lupton who first met as fourteen-year-olds at a […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 112

September 22, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

What is Englishness? A state of mind or something more.. As the rugby world cup unfolds and my previous weekend’s activities are considered I find myself thinking about Englishness and national identity. Perhaps not particularly pertinent […]

Josh Radnor “Red” – to hell with Mom and Dad

September 22, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Yes, you do recognise the name – Josh Radnor, as well as being a singer-songwriter is a well known actor, whose most famous role was as a parent explaining how he met their mother to his […]

Video: The Glorious Sons “Glory”

September 22, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

As he stumbles through waves of fog, Brett Emmons absolutely sings his heart out in the video for ‘Glory’, the latest single from acclaimed Canadian band The Glorious Sons. Beginning with delicate guitar and Emmons’ heart-aching vocal, […]

Something for the weekend: Chicago “Just You ‘N’ Me”

June 26, 2026 2

Well that’s it from us for this week. It’s PAYDAY for many people and if you’re dreamimg of a future when you can actually go out the of house without a wall of unbearable heat hitting […]

Tift Merritt “Sugar”

June 26, 2026 0

Merritt returns with a beautifully sung meditation on love, work and the sweetness hidden in ordinary lives. After almost a decade away from releasing new albums, Tift Merritt returns with a collection of songs that feels […]

Classic Clips: Lynyrd Skynyrd “Call Me The Breeze” – Old Grey Whistle Test, London, 1975

June 26, 2026 0

Somewhere I have a cassette tape of this session, recorded from the TV using the tiny built-in audio mic on my radio cassette player; very low tech. The recording was further embellished with random sneezes from […]

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