February 2024 – Page 32

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Number 10 – Drive-By Truckers

February 5, 2024 Clint West 2

Today we begin the countdown to ‘The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists’. Over the next two weeks we will reveal one each publication day, in reverse order, until we reach our number one at the […]

Kitty Coen “Cadillac” – Witch Rock in the Texas Desert

February 5, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0

Urban pop gets rural with Kitty Coen’s ‘Cadillac’. Spaghetti Western guitars float behind Coen’s breathy vocals as she spins a tale of foreboding. The production sounds at times like Lana Del Rey being produced by Stuart […]

Live Review: Allison Russell @Celtic Connections, Oran Mor, Glasgow, 28th January 2024

February 5, 2024 KC Vines 1

The long sleeves of Allison Russell’s sequinned mesh crop top are caught in the workings of her banjo. She doubles up in laughter as bassist Caoimhe Hopkinson tries to unwind her. This is something Russell does […]

artwork for Jack Cade album "Bewilderland"

Jack Cade “Bewilderland”

February 5, 2024 Viv Fish 0

Raw on the outside, soft & tender in the middle. ‘Bewilderland‘ is Jack Cade’s fourth album. It follows from where his 2021 album ‘The Death Throes of a Jaded Empire‘ left off and is a result […]

The Song Remains: Wayne Kramer (1948-2024)

February 5, 2024 Martin Johnson 0

An influential guitarist with rare integrity who made a tangible difference. Activist, film music composer, guitarist, proto-punk and MC5 founder Wayne Kramer died on the 2nd February 2024 from pancreatic cancer. At first glance, not many […]