October 2024 – Page 22

Nadia Reid announces new album and UK/EU tour dates

October 15, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Manchester-based expatriate New Zealander Nadia Reid has announced the release of her fourth album, “Enter Now Brightness”, on 7th February 2025 via her new label Chrysalis Records as well as UK and European tour dates for […]

Artwork for Mac Leaphart album "Motel Breakfast"

Mac Leaphart “Motel Breakfast”

October 15, 2024 Andy Short 0

Upbeat honky-tonk, rock and roll – play loud. Riotous, exciting, and right out of the bar room, Mac Leaphart returns with his album “Motel Breakfast”, where waffles are shaped like Texas and life is good. This […]

Live Review: Glasgow Americana Festival, Various venues, Glasgow, 2nd-6th October 2024

October 15, 2024 Paul Kerr 0

One last fling as ever before the clocks fall back, heralding the coming of winter, Glasgow Americana Festival remains a beacon of light before the nights draw in. Now in its 18th year, the festival took […]

artwork for Rob Heron & The Teapad Orchestra album "Feet First"

Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra “Feet First”

October 15, 2024 Chas Lacey 0

Multi-genre musical styles and tales of heartbreak with a feelgood factor. With their sixth album, ‘Feet First’, Newcastle-based Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra have packed in soul, doo-wop, rockabilly, blues and country into a […]

Track Premiere: Couldn’t Be Happiers “When I Die”

October 15, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Despite the above photograph we are assured that Jodi Hildebran Lee and Jordan Crosby Lee could not, in fact, be happier. The duo are both law school graduates, but they did not meet in the courtroom, […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Dean Owens “Sally’s Song (I Dreamed Of Michael Marra)”

July 27, 2026 0

Dean Owens is, of course, no stranger to these pages. With twelve albums and numerous AUK awards behind him, a search on this site will provide pages of reviews, interviews and videos. Typing the name Michael […]

Mick Flannery “The House Must Win”

July 27, 2026 0

A labour of love, twenty years in the making from renowned Irish singer-songwriter. It is more than twenty years since Mick Flannery released his debut album Evening Train, but the tale it told of (as he puts […]

Robert Plant to receive Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award

July 27, 2026 0

The Americana Music Association has announced that singer, songwriter and musical trailblazer Robert Plant will receive the Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award during the 25th Annual Americana Honours & Awards, taking place on 16th September 2026, at […]

Month: October 2024

Nadia Reid announces new album and UK/EU tour dates

Mac Leaphart “Motel Breakfast”

Live Review: Glasgow Americana Festival, Various venues, Glasgow, 2nd-6th October 2024

Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra “Feet First”

Track Premiere: Couldn’t Be Happiers “When I Die”

For The Sake Of The Song: Dean Owens “Sally’s Song (I Dreamed Of Michael Marra)”

Mick Flannery “The House Must Win”

Robert Plant to receive Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award

Tucker Zimmerman “Dream Me A Dream”

Sounds from beyond the Shed 241 “Back in the swim”