June 2024 – Page 2 – Americana UK

Ben Vallee “Introducing…”

June 28, 2024 Jonathan Smith 0

Joyously classic country debut sets teeth grinning. The scene is set within the opening seconds of Ben Valley’s first record – a fiddle scratches the most classic of opening notes, and then what sounds like the […]

Dean Harlem “Red Oak Hill” – heading for those country roads

June 28, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Dean Harlem clearly believes that making music is his role in life – Dean Harlem is originally from Donetsk, Ukraine but his family emigrated to the US when he was 4. He grew up in New […]

Video Premiere: Colour Film “Ghost Town”

June 28, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

The latest single from Canada’s Colour Film is deep and dark and intense. This live version of ‘Ghost Town’ is beautifully arranged and performed, captivating from start to finish. After years performing under his own name, […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Jackson Browne Albums

June 27, 2024 Graeme Tait 13

For what is now over six decades, the songs of Jackson Browne have become synonymous with the U.S. West Coast, in particular Los Angeles, his album’s a soundtrack for a post-war generation with a voracious appetite […]

Artwork for Johnny Cash album "Songwriter"

Johnny Cash “Songwriter”

June 27, 2024 Peter Thompson 0

Despite inconsistency in the quality of the songs featured, “Songwriter” is a worthwhile addition to the Cash legacy. The date marking the issue of an album of previously unreleased recordings by The Man in Black is […]