2023 – Page 381 – Americana UK

Video Premiere: Peach & Quiet “Beautiful Thing”

January 20, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

Check out the dreamy, laid-back ‘Beautiful Thing’ from Peach & Quiet, the musical project of Canada’s Jonny Miller and Welsh-born Heather Read, partners in life and in song. For ‘Beautiful Thing’, they are joined by a […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Willie Nile Albums

January 19, 2023 Paul Russell 0

Willie Nile is such an accomplished musician it’s a crime he’s not been more successful. Over the course of 20 albums since his 1980 debut, he’s consistently written songs that are his trademark – ringing guitars, […]

Jesse Malin “Downliner (Afterglow Version)” – its all right, people, it’s all right

January 19, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

To celebrate its 20th anniversary, ‘The Fine Art Of Self Destruction’ will be reissued on 17th February 2023 in expanded form with a bonus disc of the album reimagined and re-recorded with Malin’s longtime band. The […]

Kelly Bayfield “Wave Machine”

January 19, 2023 Viv Fish 0

A fine body of work. Profoundly personal and, for a while, very private due to their poignancy, the songs on this debut album from Kelly Bayfield reach extraordinarily deep. By her own admission, the reflection and […]

Declan O’Donovan “Within The Pale” – fuzzy feel good music

January 19, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Not, we have to point out immediately, a song about the part of Ireland under direct control of the English Government in the late Middle Ages / Early Modern period. No – that would be a […]

Lisa LeBlanc announces a new album and 2027 UK dates

September 22, 2026 0

Polaris-nominated Acadian songwriter Lisa LeBlanc has announced her new album, Patchwork, which will come out on 29th January 2027 via Bonsound, and has released the lead single, A Fleeting Thought Becomes Another Fleeting Thought, with a […]

Dogwood Tales “Every Star in Rockingham County”

September 22, 2026 0

Virginian alt-country band transitions into indie rock on their fourth full-length outing. Dogwood Tales celebrate ten years as a band with the release of their 4th full length album, entitled Every Star in Rockingham County, and […]

Track Premiere: Gary Marks “Where We Started”

September 22, 2026 0

On his new song, Gary Marks turns his songwriter vision on recent events in his homeland, starting from an unprecedented riot in Washington to the, perhaps, surprising eventual fallout from that event. As Marks explains: “I […]

Year: 2023

Video Premiere: Peach & Quiet “Beautiful Thing”

Essentials: The Top 10 Willie Nile Albums

Jesse Malin “Downliner (Afterglow Version)” – its all right, people, it’s all right

Kelly Bayfield “Wave Machine”

Declan O’Donovan “Within The Pale” – fuzzy feel good music

Lisa LeBlanc announces a new album and 2027 UK dates

Dogwood Tales “Every Star in Rockingham County”

Track Premiere: Gary Marks “Where We Started”

Video: Prinz Grizzley “A Mountain to Be Tamed (The Struggling)” – There’s a devil in me waiting

Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music