2023 – Page 345 – Americana UK

AUK’s Chain Gang: Paul Kelly “Meet Me in the Middle of the Air”

February 20, 2023 Alasdair Fotheringham 1

Listening to Mark Whitfield’s choice of Laura Cantrell’s spellbinding ‘When The Roses Bloom Again’ for last week’s Chaingang, it’s hard not to think about the huge number of songs in Americana, like that one, which dig […]

Bennett Wilson Poole “Waiting For The Wave To Break” – Don’t wait forever

February 20, 2023 Jonathan Aird 1

You know we hate using the term Beatle-esque, you know we do, you know we do, you know we do – but in this ever changing world that we live in sometimes it’s the only apposite […]

William Prince to release new album “Stand in the Joy” – April

February 20, 2023 Emily Dongray 0

William Prince has announced his latest album ‘Stand in the Joy’ will be released April 14th on Six Shooter Records. This, his fourth album, comes after ‘Reliever‘ was released in 2020. ‘Stand in the Joy’ was […]

Benji Tranter “Songs To Make You Happy”

February 20, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Lo-fi bedroom debut has its moments. Benji Tranter is a Croydon based singer-songwriter originally from the Welsh borders who has had a couple of solo EPs to his name already but makes his full length debut […]

Track Premiere: Matt Charette & The Truer Sound “Going Down Swinging”

February 20, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Matt Charette was born and raised in Mashpee, at the foot of Cape Cod – “My mother’s a hair stylist and my dad’s a truckdriver,” he says. “My dad listened to a lot of John Prine […]