July 2024 – Page 27 – Americana UK

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Bessie Jones, John Davis & The Georgia Sea Island Singers with Mississippi Fred McDowell and Ed Young “The Complete Friends of Old-Time Music Concert”

July 8, 2024 Viv Fish 0

How a live recording of a concert can preserve one powerful moment indelibly in time. “We are on the road to world peace, freedom, and integration”, declares ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax in 1965, as he introduces this […]

The Armoires “We Absolutely Mean It” – no messing

July 8, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Two of The Armoires are Christina Bulbenko and Rex Broome who founded Big Stir Records, so it should come as no surprise that we are in the realm of multi-layered power-pop, with more than a little […]

Video Premiere: Surrender Hill “Rent is Due”

July 8, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

The latest single from Surrender Hill begins with a great repeating hook on guitar and a shuffling rhythm that builds with a sense of urgency and purpose. ‘Rent is Due’ tells a sad, but all too […]

Something for the weekend: The Grascals “Pull the Trigger”

July 5, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0

Well there was something for all of us last night I think, unless you’re a Tory in which case hey-ho, you win some… Anyway, that’s it from us for another week dear reader. If you’re one […]

Linda Thompson “Proxy Music”

July 5, 2024 Martin Johnson 0

A celebration of one artist’s songs by family and friends who just happen to be music icons. You can easily make the case that Linda Thompson is one of the greatest British vocalists of the last […]