July 2024 – Page 6 – Americana UK

Something for the weekend: The David Mayfield Parade “Daytime Moon”

July 26, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. 7 years ago when I was last in Nashville, I watched one of the best gigs I have ever seen which basically felt like the most […]

Lawrence County “Nottatum Town”

July 26, 2024 Helen Jones 0

New life is breathed into some old songs bringing them to fresh ears. It might be a surprise to some that Bob Dylan’s ‘Masters of War’, a 1963 protest song against the war in Vietnam, actually […]

Classic Clips: Jerry Garcia & David Grisman “Friend of the Devil” – The Late Show, 1993

July 26, 2024 Martin Johnson 2

The 1990s were not a good time for Jerry Garcia despite the fact that the Grateful Dead had reached new levels of popularity following the success of 1987’s ‘In The Dark’, and they were second only […]

artwork for My Girl The River album "Songs About Space"

My Girl The River “Songs About Space”

July 26, 2024 David Jarman 0

My Girl The River’s mainly acoustic album is themed around space, metaphorical, physical and mental. My Girl The River is the band fronted by Kris Wilkinson Hughes, Louisiana-born but longtime UK-based, with support from her husband […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 151 “Louris”

July 26, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 1

Way back when in 2003 I saw the Jayhawks play Dingwalls in Camden. ‘Rainy Day Music’ had just come out and this was my first chance to see them. And what a gig, tiny venue, sweaty […]

Lance Cowan “The Air That You Breathe”

August 10, 2026 0

There is no slowing down Lance Cowan as he releases another fine set of story songs. Lance Cowan hails from West Kentucky. Songwriting and singing mark the third phase of his working life. Originally employed as […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 248 “Too much good stuff…”

August 10, 2026 0

Can you ever have too much of a good thing? It’s a question I asked myself whilst sifting through potential news stories for the site. There has been an avalanche of great stuff being announced in […]

Jim James “Wowed Out” – wow, wow, wow – unbelievable

August 10, 2026 2

We’re giving ourselves an easy start to the week – after the heatwave hell of the weekend we think we deserve it – by starting with a song by an artist we can confidently say “needs […]

Month: July 2024