October 2024 – Page 30

Bluegrass Briefs – Magnolia Street String Band, Thunder and Rain, The Grascals

October 8, 2024 Tim Martin 0

Bluegrass can often feel like it is speaking to its existing audience rather than reaching out to new people. There are plenty of artists who seem to be looking to bury the Bluegrass elements of their […]

Mindy Smith “Quiet Town”

October 8, 2024 Guy Lincoln 0

First in 12 years is a welcome return for well-connected Nashvillian. ‘Quiet Town’ is the new record from East Nashville habitué Mindy Smith. It was recorded at Skinny Elephant Recording Studio with Neilson Hubbard producing and […]

Midwestern Mrs “Stay Afloat” – being the best that you can

October 8, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Georgia Evans – who records as Midwestern Mrs – is a thoughtful songwriter, who tackles topics that others either shy away from or tend to put a rosy gloss on. Today’s song is one such – […]

Video: Danny & the Champions of the World “Sooner or Later”

October 8, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

‘Sooner or Later’ is the latest single from AUK-favourites Danny & the Champions of the World. With urgent percussion and compelling instrumental layers, including Paul Lush’s tuneful guitar and Henry Senior’s E-bow lap steel, this is […]

Cover Art for Silver Patron Saints The Songs Of Jesse Malin

Various Artists “Silver Patron Saints: The Songs Of Jesse Malin”

October 7, 2024 Richard Parkinson 1

A moving statement of support for a great songwriter from his contemporaries Jesse Malin may be one of those artists that can be characterised as a songwriter’s songwriter. Certainly, the list of his collaborators and admirers […]

Dean Owenswith John Convertino and Joey Burns

The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks

September 24, 2026 0

It’s week 2 of the search for our writers’ Top 10 UK americana albums, and Jonathan Hincks will doubt add to the debate with his choice, as follows: With the hands of the Doomsday Clock edging […]

Album artwork for The Fool by Embla and the Karldotters

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

September 24, 2026 0

Norwegian queer-country assertively and affectionately delivering. Embla Karidotter was the drummer for Norwegian indie band Razika for 13 years, before she chose to change direction and build on her love of country music with new band […]

Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

September 24, 2026 0

On the 16th of October, Béla Fleck is to release the recording of a stellar Nashville night as a live album called Live Heart. On January 8, 2022, he and a multigenerational gang of musical heavy […]

Month: October 2024

Bluegrass Briefs – Magnolia Street String Band, Thunder and Rain, The Grascals

Mindy Smith “Quiet Town”

Midwestern Mrs “Stay Afloat” – being the best that you can

Video: Danny & the Champions of the World “Sooner or Later”

Various Artists “Silver Patron Saints: The Songs Of Jesse Malin”

The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

Izzie Walsh “Where Do We Go From Here?”

Americana Stories – Stephen Eyre “On the road”