March 2024 – Page 15 – Americana UK

Live Review: John Alexander Album Launch. The Glad Café, Glasgow – 8th March 2024

March 15, 2024 Paul Kerr 0

Although it’s been available on streaming platforms for a while, tonight was the official launch of John Alexander’s new album, ‘Face The Wind’, a disc which finds this Scottish artist knee deep in the big muddy […]

Track Premiere: Mortal Prophets “Bury Them Deep”

March 15, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Here’s something intense to finish the week on – ‘Bury Them Deep‘ has John Beckmann, trading as Mortal Prophets, taking a heavy swipe at “all the liars and cheats” whose fate, he intones, should be to […]

Video: Jack Francis “Failure”

March 15, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

Jack Francis is an outstanding songwriter and this new single, ‘Failure’, is well-crafted, timeless music in the vein of Courtney Marie Andrews. Francis delivers direct, disarming lyrics with wit, compelling melody, upbeat rhythms and engaging sonic […]

The Song Remains: Malcolm Holcombe (1955 – 2024)

March 14, 2024 Graeme Tait 9

One of the most respected and gifted singer songwriters of his generation. Steve Earle proudly stated “he’s the best songwriter I ever had to throw out of my studio”, while the late great David Olney recalled […]

Americana One Two Three

March 14, 2024 Jonathan Aird 2

Another slice of our series investigating the collision of those natural partners number theory and Americana. The last time we looked at songs which allowed us to progress along the number line from eleven to twenty […]