February 2024 – Page 12

Dan Bern “New American Language”

February 21, 2024 Lyndon Bolton 1

A re-release of visionary songwriting every bit as relevant in today’s world. To describe American songwriter Dan Bern’s output as prolific would be something of an understatement. In nearly as many years he has released thirty […]

Classic Americana Albums: Trish Murphy “Crooked Mile”

February 21, 2024 Paul Russell 4

Debut albums from an unknown artist are always not only difficult to make, but also challenging to market and get decent sales. Trish Murphy is a Houston native and her father was a struggling musician as […]

Stoll Vaughan “Dream In Color”

February 21, 2024 Rick Thorn 0

A relaxed and positive collection of songs. ‘Dream in Color’ is Vaughan’s fifth album which comes from a transition and change in his life. After fourteen years in Los Angeles, he has returned to his native […]

Live Review: Hannah Rose Platt + Gene Morrissey, The Other Palace – Studio, London – 16th February 2024

February 21, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

A mild Friday night in central London saw Hannah Rose Platt bring her big showcase to the Studio in Victoria’s Old Palace Theatre. The programme featured front to back performances of her latest album, the Ed […]

Anaïs Mitchell “Hadestown – Original Broadway Cast Recording”

February 21, 2024 Martin Johnson 0

A journey to hell can be surprisingly uplifting and still relevant to today’s challenges. I doubt Anaïs Mitchell had any inkling when she started to write her folk opera ‘Hadestown’ in 2006 that it would become […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Willie Nelson “Seven Spanish Angels”

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Seven Spanish Angels is a song which encapsulates a full range of americana imagery – doomed love, defiance, outlaws, faith, mystery and death – all set in an undescribed location that calls up the settings for […]

Chris Pierce “Songs for the Heavy Hearted”

August 10, 2026 0

A moving, beautifully crafted collection of songs that refuses to surrender compassion in a fractured world. Chris Pierce has always possessed one of the finest voices in americana, capable of conveying tenderness, conviction and quiet resilience […]

Margo Cilker unveils her “Little White Cross” for October

August 10, 2026 0

Western folk singer-songwriter and AUK favourite Margo Cilker has announced her third album, Little White Cross, due out October 9 via Fossil Records, a label Cilker recently launched with fellow musician ISMAY. The upcoming 10-song set […]

Month: February 2024

Dan Bern “New American Language”

Classic Americana Albums: Trish Murphy “Crooked Mile”

Stoll Vaughan “Dream In Color”

Live Review: Hannah Rose Platt + Gene Morrissey, The Other Palace – Studio, London – 16th February 2024

Anaïs Mitchell “Hadestown – Original Broadway Cast Recording”

For The Sake Of The Song: Willie Nelson “Seven Spanish Angels”

Chris Pierce “Songs for the Heavy Hearted”

Margo Cilker unveils her “Little White Cross” for October

Kacy Lee Anderson to release debut solo album

Lance Cowan “The Air That You Breathe”