June 2024 – Page 26 – Americana UK

Rainy Eyes “Lonesome Highway” – songwriting as therapy

June 10, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0

Rainy Eyes infuses a little bit of Louisiana into her new single ‘Lonesome Highway’. With a loping Cajun drumbeat propelling things along as a tele twangs, a story of perseverance unfolds. This is the title track […]

Otis Gibbs, live at The Chapel, The Angel Microbrewery, Nottingham. - 2nd June 2024

Live Review: Otis Gibbs, The Chapel, The Angel Microbrewery, Nottingham – 2nd June 2024

June 10, 2024 Graeme Tait 0

The Chapel sits above The Angel Brewery, a character pub set within a 17th century building that was originally two separate humble town houses. The earliest document showing that the site had become a drinking house […]

Dana Cooper “Ghost of Tucumcari”

June 10, 2024 Lyndon Bolton 0

Celebrating a half-century of songwriting. Mention Tucumcari in a musical context and the next two words very often will be “Lowell” and “George” such is the resonance of his ‘Willin’. If Dana Cooper does not present […]

Track Premiere: Tay Bronson “Kitchen Table”

June 10, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Tay Bronson’s latest single focuses on that bit of furniture that can so often become so much more than what it was originally planned for – sure, you can eat at the ‘Kitchen Table‘ but you […]

Video: Rosanne Cash “She Remembers Everything” (Behind the Scenes)

June 10, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

The summer festival season is upon us and one of our favourites, Black Deer, takes place in Eridge Park this coming weekend. There’s much to look forward to with headline acts Sheryl Crow, Rufus Wainwright and […]

Something for the weekend: Starpainter “Rabbits”

July 24, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a new song from Alberta’s Starpainter who this week have officially confirmed their new album, Cayenne Flowerbed, which will be out […]

Artwork for Jenny Reynolds album "Willow and Stone"

Jenny Reynolds “Willow and Stone”

July 24, 2026 0

Songs on surviving life from an accomplished singer-songwriter, with hints of jazz amongst the folk rock accompaniment. Jenny Reynolds is a singer-songwriter, initially from Boston but now firmly a part of the Texas scene for the […]

Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward

July 24, 2026 0

End Times Elevator Music is a special record to behold. From the Link Wray fuzz guitar rumbles on opener No Alarm to the title track closer, which arrives like Ben Schneider and Brendan Urie collaborated, there […]

Month: June 2024

Rainy Eyes “Lonesome Highway” – songwriting as therapy

Live Review: Otis Gibbs, The Chapel, The Angel Microbrewery, Nottingham – 2nd June 2024

Dana Cooper “Ghost of Tucumcari”

Track Premiere: Tay Bronson “Kitchen Table”

Video: Rosanne Cash “She Remembers Everything” (Behind the Scenes)

Something for the weekend: Starpainter “Rabbits”

Jenny Reynolds “Willow and Stone”

Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward

Classic Clips: Patty Loveless and Chris Stapleton “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive” at CMA Awards, 2022

Teenage Fanclub don’t dare to dream on new album and tour this autumn