December 2024 – Page 24

Video Premiere: Swearingen & Kelli “Cold-Hearted Truth” (Live on Tom Rush’s “Rockport Sundays”)

December 3, 2024 Andrew Frolish 1

Here’s a brand new version of “Cold-Hearted Truth” from duo Swearingen & Kelli, recorded for Tom Rush’s “Rockport Sundays”. With a touch of grit and excellent control of her power and volume, Jayne Kelli delivers an […]

Book Review: Kenneth Womack and Kenneth L. Campbell “Bruce Songs: The Music of Bruce Springsteen, Album-by-Album, Song-by-Song”

December 2, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Well, this is a hefty tome, an oversized hardback running to more than 250 pages, with something of the whiff of the academic about it – a meticulous study of Springsteen’s officially released oeuvre, to date, […]

Haley Heynderickx “Seed Of A Seed”

December 2, 2024 Tim Martin 0

An album that needs some hard listening to appreciate– but rewards it with layers of beauty and complexity. To Oregon songwriter Haley Heynderickx, “a seed represents incubation and the process of navigating the darkest, deepest parts […]

Brother Elsey Featuring SUSTO “Silver Tongue” – everything you put meaning to matters the most

December 2, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0

With support from Justin Osborne from SUSTO, Brother Elsey delivers ‘Silver Tongue’. On writing with Osborne, singer Brady Stablein said, “‘Silver Tongue’ is a song that’s a sign of the times. We wrote this song with […]

Yonder Mountain String Band “Nowhere Next”

December 2, 2024 Dean Nardi 0

What bluegrass through Yonder Mountain breaks. It was back in 1998 when Jeff Austin and Dave Johnston joined forces in Colorado under the stoner name The Bluegrassholes. That probably seemed funny at the time (actually, still […]

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: December 2024

Video Premiere: Swearingen & Kelli “Cold-Hearted Truth” (Live on Tom Rush’s “Rockport Sundays”)

Book Review: Kenneth Womack and Kenneth L. Campbell “Bruce Songs: The Music of Bruce Springsteen, Album-by-Album, Song-by-Song”

Haley Heynderickx “Seed Of A Seed”

Brother Elsey Featuring SUSTO “Silver Tongue” – everything you put meaning to matters the most

Yonder Mountain String Band “Nowhere Next”

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”