2024 – Page 131 – Americana UK

David Berkeley “A Pail Full of Fire”

August 30, 2024 Andy Short 0

Appreciate the beauty of the poetry. Berkeley is the American half of ‘Sons of Town Hall’, where he is joined by Ben Parker, producing some truly memorable music that is worth checking out. “A Pail Full […]

Kevin Gordon “You Can’t Hurt Me No More” – love, and a subtext

August 30, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Kevin Gordon’s new single ‘You Can’t Hurt Me No More‘ – co-written with Kim Richey – is a slow burning rocker, and is taken from his new album ‘The In Between.‘ It’s obviously a love song […]

Video: Kara Cole “IM a Mess”

August 30, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

Check out the latest single from Indianapolis-based country singer-songwriter Kara Cole. “IM a Mess” is a song about toxic relationships – the sort you keep returning to, caught in its gravity, even when it’s doing you […]

Essentials: Top 10 Shawn Colvin Songs

August 29, 2024 Peter Churchill 2

Shawn Colvin’s 2012 memoir ‘Diamond In The Rough’ (published by William Morrow) is a searingly honest account of the singer/songwriter’s struggle with personal relationships, mental health issues, depression, anxiety and alcoholism. It explains long gaps between […]

Andrew Combs “Dream Pictures”

August 29, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Andrew Combs’ sixth album celebrates new-found contentment. “Dream Pictures” is Andrew Combs’ sixth album and his second for Loose following on from “Sundays” (2022). While its predecessor’s mood was dark following a pandemic era breakdown, “Dream […]

Lynn Blakey “Dreams are Lovers: A Retrospective”

July 1, 2026 0

Unfashionable but influential collaborative indie singer-songwriter enjoys a career-spanning retrospective following her untimely death earlier this year. Lynn Blakey was not a name that gained a great deal of traction commercially but she was an influential […]

Live Review: Maisy Owen with BJ Cole + Joe Harvey-Whyte, Theatreship, London – 23rd June 2026

July 1, 2026 0

It was a hot evening in London as the audience for Maisy Owen’s first London show gathered at the Theatreship moored at Docklands’ South Quay. The ship is a converted barge with outside and inside bars […]

Jim James takes off his Morning Jacket and gets all “Wowed Out” on his latest solo album

July 1, 2026 0

My Morning Jacket’s Jim James has announced the release of his new album, Wowed Out, which is due out on 28th August via ATO Records. The 3x GRAMMY® Award-nominated singer, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and founding member […]

Year: 2024

David Berkeley “A Pail Full of Fire”

Kevin Gordon “You Can’t Hurt Me No More” – love, and a subtext

Video: Kara Cole “IM a Mess”

Essentials: Top 10 Shawn Colvin Songs

Andrew Combs “Dream Pictures”

Lynn Blakey “Dreams are Lovers: A Retrospective”

Live Review: Maisy Owen with BJ Cole + Joe Harvey-Whyte, Theatreship, London – 23rd June 2026

Jim James takes off his Morning Jacket and gets all “Wowed Out” on his latest solo album

Styrofoam Winos “Somebody Wants To Send You A Message” – it comes and goes

Video: Rachael Sage & The Sequins “Nexus (Acoustic)”