April 2024 – Page 15 – Americana UK

Grackles “Grackles”

April 18, 2024 Helen Jones 0

This new configuration of seasoned musicians give a fresh take on Americana as they imbue it with bluesy melodies featuring a gothic twist. It’s usually assumed that most bands are formed first with the lyricist and […]

Ghost Party “Cardboard Moon” – thinking about a friend

April 18, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Ghost Party recorded ‘Cardboard Moon’ as part of the sessions for their album, and it is a gorgeous nightful of Cosmic American Moonlight and Music, swaying like a tree in a soft wind. It features Will […]

VERSIONS: “Killing the Blues”

April 17, 2024 Andy Davidson 7

Towns and venues across the Highlands of Scotland are not often listed in an artist’s tour itinerary. Last month, it came as a pleasant surprise to find out that Robert Vincent was playing a venue in […]

Live Review: Neil Bob Herd + Boulder Fields. Leith Depot, Edinburgh – 4th April 2024

April 17, 2024 Paul Kerr 0

Off then to this recently endangered venue in Edinburgh’s Leith Walk to see Neil Bob Herd, a man described by some (AUK actually) as a Scots Nick Lowe on the eve of his latest release, ‘5-reel […]

Video: Pokey LaFarge “One You, One Me”

April 17, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0

Pokey LaFarge continues his idiosyncratic take on americana with his new single, ‘One You, One Me’. The video for the song looks like found super 8mm footage from a decades-old honeymoon trip. LaFarge and his bride […]