Videos
Video Premiere: Jubal Lee Young “Carmelita”
Jubal Lee Young was born to make music. He says: “I need music like I need air and water. I like to explore it and relish the creative process.” His father, Steve Young was an early […]
Month: July 2024
Features
For the Sake of the Song: Creedence Clearwater Revival “Lodi”
Getting a namecheck in a song is one way for a town to bring in tourists. Winslow, Arizona will forever be deemed a place to take it easy but for one town in northern California, a […]
Live Reviews
Review – Black Deer Festival 2024: Guaranteed musical brilliance
In June, Black Deer Festival returned for its fifth edition although it feels as though it has been around forever. It has quickly become synonymous with the very best of Americana, finding an enticing balance between […]
Album Reviews
Paper Wings “Listen To The World Spin”
Perfection. That’s it. After a three year break from recording together, and on their third album, Emily Mann and Wila Frank, known together as Paper Wings, have placed an indelible mark on the modern folk old […]
Live Reviews
Live Review: Aoife O’Donovan with the Guildhall Session Orchestra, The Barbican, London – 18th June 2024
One cannot but reflect that Aoife O’Donovan likes to do things at either end of a musical spectrum – having recently been performing her version of Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska‘ in a solo acoustic show – she has […]