2024 – Page 264 – Americana UK

Jake Sheppard “Midwest Marlin”

May 2, 2024 Jonathan Smith 1

A new original from the other side of Los Angeles. Here’s the funny thing about people; they often say they crave something different, but in reality, they want something that is actually a marginally changed version […]

Live Review: Giant Sand, Broadcast, Glasgow, 23rd April 2024

May 2, 2024 Paul Kerr 0

While Howe Gelb is undoubtedly Giant Sand, the band members behind him revolve and rotate, sometimes dizzyingly so. Tonight’s line up was a basic trio with Giant Sand veteran Tommy Larkins on drums and Brian Lopez […]

Alice Wallace to release new album “Here I Am”

May 2, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Nashville-based singer-songwriter Alice Wallace has announced the release of her latest album ‘Here I Am’, on 28th June 2024 via Mule Kick Records. The record is her first since moving to Nashville four years ago from […]

GospelbeacH “Wiggle Your Fingers”

May 2, 2024 Peter Churchill 2

Sad to see them go but GospelbeacH go out on a high. It was almost ten years ago GospelbeacH debuted with ‘Pacific Surf Line.’ It was the first of a number of releases that mined the […]

The Hackles announce May UK tour dates

May 2, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

The Hackles have announced a month-long UK tour taking in most of May 2024. The tour begins with the Shetland Folk Festival in the first week if the month followed by a week of dates in […]

Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

July 2, 2026 0

It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Lucinda Williams Ballads

July 2, 2026 0

It would be strange to start things off by actually introducing Lucinda Williams, so let’s begin with a justification instead: Williams has been at it since her 1979 debut Ramblin’ Woman, though she only truly broke […]

artwork for Adam Beattie album "Home Fires Burning"

Adam Beattie “Home Fires Burning”

July 2, 2026 0

The hero’s journey echoed in the experiences of an everyman. It might be an exaggeration to say there are as many types of songwriters as there are songwriters, but then again, it might not. As well […]

Year: 2024

Jake Sheppard “Midwest Marlin”

Live Review: Giant Sand, Broadcast, Glasgow, 23rd April 2024

Alice Wallace to release new album “Here I Am”

GospelbeacH “Wiggle Your Fingers”

The Hackles announce May UK tour dates

Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

Essentials: The Top 10 Lucinda Williams Ballads

Adam Beattie “Home Fires Burning”

Book Review: Amy Speace “To The Performer, The Singer–Songwriter’s Handbook”

Juana Everett “Past Lives in California”