January 2024 – Page 25

Sounds from beyond the Shed 126 – “Cheese Intervention”

January 5, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

New Year – same old post Christmas torpor. Welcome back readers and listeners and it’s a vaguely new format for a vaguely new year. Gone is the headline week of news and in comes the splash […]

Thea Gilmore “Thea Gilmore”

January 5, 2024 FredArnold 2

Thea Gilmore sheds the Afterlight and emerges as her own person in fascinating change of direction. Thea Gilmore is something of a national treasure, as she has produced about 20 albums in the last twenty-five years, […]

Tom Cheshire Band “I Can’t Hold On” – Still trying to though

January 5, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

We like a good pun, so had to smile that producer Randy Michael had lovingly dubbed the sound of today’s song “Johnny Clash” – rightfully pinning down that the sound evokes a combination of Joe Strummer […]

Video: Laena Myers “Give ‘Em Hell”

January 5, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

‘Give ‘Em Hell’ is the recent single from LA singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Laena Myers. It’s an absorbing, dreamy song that was written six months after Myers’ father passed away. She explains: “We were very close. One […]

Interview: Terra Lightfoot on hiking and “Healing Power”

January 4, 2024 Martin Johnson 0

Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Mother Maybelle Carter and a Gibson SG called Veronica. While the surname may be familiar, Terra Lightfoot is a hard-working sing-songwriter and guitarist from Canada who is known for the time she spends […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
The The - Hanky Panky (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 5 hours ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
The Chicks - Taking the Long Way (local streaming)
By Peter Thompson , 3 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Far From Saints - Far From Saints (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 1 week ago
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Ryan Adams - The Suicide Handbook (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 2 weeks ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Mudcrutch - Mudcrutch (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 2 weeks ago
RE: There's no future in nostalgia
Stonehenge was a fucking mess every time but it was a b...
By Keith Hargreaves , 2 weeks ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Great shout John I’m new here -Gil Scott Heron wh...
By Keith Hargreaves , 2 weeks ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Neil Young - Citizen Kane Jr
By John , 2 weeks ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Clarence White would have been 82 today. A little remin...
By Martin Johnson , 3 weeks ago

Rising Appalachia at FloydeFesr, Floyd, Virginia 22 nd July 2010

Essentials: The top 10 Essential Americana Live Albums

June 25, 2026 0

We experience music typically either at a show or on record. The live album is the device by which artists and labels attempt to bridge the two. The types of live album vary. There are shows […]

artwork for Dallas Good, Richard Reed Parry album "were The Watchtowers"

Dallas Good, Richard Reed Parry “Were “The Watchtowers””

June 25, 2026 1

A poignant final act from Dallas Good in collaboration with Richard Reed Parry, leaving us with a melancholic album, beautiful, sad and thought-provoking. There’s something quietly arresting about this new record by Dallas Good and Richard […]

Preview: Everywhere At Once festival at 400+ grass roots venues this weekend

June 25, 2026 0

More than 2,000 artists performing across 400+ grassroots venues nationwide, spanning indie, folk, country/ americana, dance, pop, rock, grime, electronic, jazz, folk, punk, soul and more. The event is sponsored by the Music Venue Trust and […]

Interviews

Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

June 24, 2026 1

As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

June 18, 2026 0

Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]

Interviews

Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

June 17, 2026 0

In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]

Album Reviews

Matt Benson “Sit Back Down Again”

August 8, 2025 0

Spectacular debut album from ivory-tinkling Irish newcomer. Great albums tend to make an impact from the get-go. Even greater albums hit the mark when they make an instant impact in a modest way. This is how […]

News

Treetop Flyers announce new album, single

June 20, 2018 0

London soulful country-rock outfit Treetop Flyers are back with their eponymous third album which is due out on 24 August via Loose. Weaving 60s tinged West Coast Americana with a British rock’n’roll swagger, whereas previous albums had been recorded […]

Album Reviews

Jack Lukeman “Magic Days” (Independent, 2019)

January 4, 2019 0

A big sprawling album of styles and influences this is Lukeman’s latest foray into the album market in a career that is bejewelled with high points and successes. First breaking through in the late nineties he […]

Month: January 2024

Sounds from beyond the Shed 126 – “Cheese Intervention”

Thea Gilmore “Thea Gilmore”

Tom Cheshire Band “I Can’t Hold On” – Still trying to though

Video: Laena Myers “Give ‘Em Hell”

Interview: Terra Lightfoot on hiking and “Healing Power”

Essentials: The top 10 Essential Americana Live Albums

Dallas Good, Richard Reed Parry “Were “The Watchtowers””

Preview: Everywhere At Once festival at 400+ grass roots venues this weekend

The Long Ryders ride into a town near you in October!

The Glass Hours “Chapel Glass”