January 2024 – Page 9

Video: Dean Owens “After the Rain” (Feat. Joey Burns, Martin Wenk, Kevin McGuire)

January 24, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

Back in 2021, when the impact of the pandemic was still truly felt around the world. The entire Celtic Connections festival moved online and Dean Owens was commissioned to pull together a 30-minute performance alongside Calexico’s […]

Interview: Ida Mae’s Chris Turpin on “Thunder Above You”

January 23, 2024 Martin Johnson 0

English folk and American roots music with improvisation and tour support from a nanny. Ida Mae are husband and wife Chris Turpin and Stephanie Jean Ward who play an indie folk americana mix that they’ve worked […]

artwork for P.J.M. Bond album "In Our Time"

P.J.M. Bond “In Our Time”

January 23, 2024 Graeme Tait 0

Ambitious debut album that attempts to put Ernest Hemingway’s first collection of short stories to music. P.J.M Bond is a songwriter based in Amsterdam who first came to prominence around eight years ago with his band […]

More People Really Should Know About: Charles Wesley Godwin

January 23, 2024 Andy Davidson 2

To those who question why an artist who recently headlined two nights at the Ryman Auditorium requires further recognition… I apologise unreservedly. In the americana music world the man’s star has already ascended and he really […]

Artwork for Smith and Tegio album '"Can't Stay Here"

Smith and Tegio “Can’t Stay Here”

January 23, 2024 David Jarman 0

Blues flavours to fine acoustic country/Americana from West Coast US duo Smith and Tegio. Duo Smith and Tegio are long-established songwriting and performing partners Austin Smith and Mark Tegio, based respectively in Santa Cruz CA, and […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Rosanne Cash - The River & the Thread (vinyl) Jes...
By Peter Thompson , 11 hours ago
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Drive-By Truckers - Pizza Deliverance
By Joe Nathan , 11 hours ago
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Guy Clark - Keepers
By Joe Nathan , 15 hours ago
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Jerry Jeff Walker - Cowboy Boots and Bathin’ Suits
By Joe Nathan , 1 day ago
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Jimmy Buffett - A1A
By Joe Nathan , 1 day ago
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Chris Knight - Chris Knight
By Joe Nathan , 3 days ago
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Hurray for the Riff Raff - Live Forever
By Joe Nathan , 4 days ago
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Old 97s - Too Far to Care
By Joe Nathan , 4 days ago
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R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi
By Joe Nathan , 5 days ago

Luke Winslow-King “Coast of Light”

March 24, 2026 0

An impressive blues-influenced mixture of laid-back and edgier numbers. Coast of Light is Luke Winslow-King’s ninth album after having debuted with Luke Winslow-King in 2008. It is a bit of an outlier from many of the […]

Live Review: Beans On Toast + Ruth Lyon + Bassie Gracie, Hare & Hounds, Birmingham – 11th March 2026

March 24, 2026 0

The night opened with Bassie Gracie, a bold spoken word poet grounded in hope, proclaiming that making art can be the remedy to worry. This Celtic-and-proud waif delivered rhythmic anti-racism with barely veiled anger at the […]

artwork for The Montvales album "Path Of Totality"

The Montvales “Path Of Totality”

March 24, 2026 0

Folk-tinged harmonies and sophisticated indie-pop for turbulent times. Sally Buice and Molly Rochelson are originally from Knoxville, Tennessee – together they make up The Montvales. During their middle school years, the duo started out by busking […]

Month: January 2024

Video: Dean Owens “After the Rain” (Feat. Joey Burns, Martin Wenk, Kevin McGuire)

Interview: Ida Mae’s Chris Turpin on “Thunder Above You”

P.J.M. Bond “In Our Time”

More People Really Should Know About: Charles Wesley Godwin

Smith and Tegio “Can’t Stay Here”

Luke Winslow-King “Coast of Light”

Live Review: Beans On Toast + Ruth Lyon + Bassie Gracie, Hare & Hounds, Birmingham – 11th March 2026

The Montvales “Path Of Totality”

Pat Carter and Luis de Cicco hit the road to promote new live album

Andy Thomas “Highway Junkie”