2023 – Page 361 – Americana UK

Video: Ruston Kelly “The Weakness”

February 7, 2023 Ed Donnelly 0

Shades of grey fill the screen as Ruston Kelly’s Jazzmaster guitar drones through the new video for ‘The Weakness’. The video tells the tale of a teen girl who struggles with the weight of domestic violence […]

Joost Dijkema “After Thunder Sun”

February 7, 2023 GrahamBollands 0

The third album from a Dutch multi-instrumentalist who writes, sings and plays all of the instruments. ‘After Thunder Sun’ is the third album from Joost Dijkema, a Dutch multi-instrumentalist who not only writes, sings and plays […]

The First Time: Andy Raw – The Clash, Derby King’s Hall, 24th November 1978

February 7, 2023 Andrew Raw 0

Seeing The Clash for the first time and for my first gig was a fantastic experience; the most exciting event I have ever been to. I had been into glam-rock at primary school in the early […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 84

February 7, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 1

Stay focused and keep on keeping on. Following last week’s heady announcement of a change in circumstances in July things have returned to normal with a bump as the first set of reports and parent’s evenings […]

Simon Rowe Album art for Everybody's Thinking

Simon Rowe “Everybody’s Thinking”

February 7, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

Mojave 3 alumni returns with shimmering, hazy debut. Gently starting with an instrumental called ‘Croxted Crows’, this album slowly unfolds as a sweetly pastoral, gentle, psychedelic delight. There are minor chords and delicate harmonies, phased effects […]

Mary Gauthier “Reckoning”

September 22, 2026 2

One of our finest songwriters delivers an album for our times with consummate clarity and lyrical daring. Mary Gauthier was something of a late starter, delivering her first album when she was in her late thirties […]

Sylvie finally make a full length debut which arrives in November

September 22, 2026 1

Sylvie, the project of Los Angeles artist Ben Schwab, has announced their forthcoming album, New Season, available November 6th, 2026, via Ghostly International. Rina (feat. Alex Amen) is the single out now. Reflecting on a passing […]

Features

More People Really Should Know About: Carey Ott

September 22, 2026 0

Carey Ott is nothing if not prolific. He hails from Chicago, and he’s a multi-instrumentalist, a producer and engineer and a performer. He’s released seven albums to date as well as numerous singles. In my music […]

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