August 2024 – Page 15

Artwork for American Aquarium album "The Fear of Standing Still"

American Aquarium “The Fear of Standing Still”

August 16, 2024 Adrian Dzialdowski 3

Visceral personal narrative and social comment in folk-rock setting. American Aquarium CDs sit next to those of the Drive by Truckers and Jason Isbell in this reviewer’s collection. Isbell and DBT stalwart Patterson Hood would doubtless […]

Video: Dom Malin “Keep Out The Rain”

August 16, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0

Dom Malin brings some rock and roll to his indie folk with the new video for ‘Keep Out The Rain’. The video finds mail in a recording studio with his bandmates performing the tune. Straightforward and […]

Image for Classic Clips: Dave Edmunds "Girls Talk" Philippe Brizard, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Classic Clips: Dave Edmunds “Girls Talk” The Jools’ Annual Hootenanny – 31st December 2008

August 16, 2024 Andrew Raw 1

I have always loved this song, and here is a fabulous version on the Hootenanny. It is given the full treatment with horns, female backing vocals and, of course, a bit of boogie-woogie from Jools. This […]

Mindy Smith to release first album in 12 years

August 16, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

The award-winning Nashville-based singer-songwriter Mindy Smith has announced the release of her long-awaited sixth album, “Quiet Town”, via Compass Records on 4th October 2024. Smith’s first album in over 12 years, is an 11-song collection; an […]

Brian Mackey “Good Morning Ireland”

August 16, 2024 Paul Russell 1

Beautiful, deeply emotional release, oozing warmth and vulnerability It’s almost impossible to try and imagine how it feels to cope with the loss of a child. Brian McKey lost his son Brian to a heroin overdose […]

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Ramsey Thornton “I Called It!”

May 12, 2026 0

Oklahoman Ramsey Thornton’s debut album explores the liminal space between action and inertia against a mellifluous musical background. Ramsey Thornton’s I Called It! is an album preoccupied with the moments where something should happen but doesn’t. […]

France’s Eldorado festival brings americana stars to NW France in late June

May 12, 2026 0

After a first promising edition in September 2024, the one and only americana Fest in France, Eldorado, returns to the village of Vancé in NW France (close to Le Mans) with its second edition on 26th […]

More People Really Should Know About… Nathan Seeckts

May 12, 2026 0

Australian Nathan Seeckts, from Geelong on the southern coast near Melbourne, first came to my notice with his wonderful 2023 album, Something Rare And Beautiful. It is passionate, big-hearted alt-country crammed full of great tunes and […]

Month: August 2024

American Aquarium “The Fear of Standing Still”

Video: Dom Malin “Keep Out The Rain”

Classic Clips: Dave Edmunds “Girls Talk” The Jools’ Annual Hootenanny – 31st December 2008

Mindy Smith to release first album in 12 years

Brian Mackey “Good Morning Ireland”

Ramsey Thornton “I Called It!”

France’s Eldorado festival brings americana stars to NW France in late June

More People Really Should Know About… Nathan Seeckts

Clay DuBose “Father Time & Mother Nature”

Live Review: Paraorchestra and The Breath, The Barbican, London – 22nd April 2026