2023 – Page 108 – Americana UK

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 […]

Video: Beans on Toast “The Golden Lion”

September 15, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

Beans on Toast returns with an outstanding new single, ‘The Golden Lion’. It’s a song that tells of Beans’ love for a particular place and its people, for a glorious British pub in Todmorden, West Yorkshire, […]

Artwork for Wide Arches album "Farewell To All The Lovely Things"

Wide Arches “Farewell to All The Lovely Things”

September 14, 2023 Darren Lumbroso 0

A record filled with baroque pop and folk. ‘Farewell To All The Lovely Things‘ by Wide Arches is the debut album by singer-songwriter Jacob Gorzhaltsan. Having written over 50 songs during the pandemic, and been awarded […]

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 […]

Year: 2023