2024 – Page 315 – Americana UK

Track Premiere: Mortal Prophets “Bury Them Deep”

March 15, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Here’s something intense to finish the week on – ‘Bury Them Deep‘ has John Beckmann, trading as Mortal Prophets, taking a heavy swipe at “all the liars and cheats” whose fate, he intones, should be to […]

Video: Jack Francis “Failure”

March 15, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

Jack Francis is an outstanding songwriter and this new single, ‘Failure’, is well-crafted, timeless music in the vein of Courtney Marie Andrews. Francis delivers direct, disarming lyrics with wit, compelling melody, upbeat rhythms and engaging sonic […]

The Song Remains: Malcolm Holcombe (1955 – 2024)

March 14, 2024 Graeme Tait 9

One of the most respected and gifted singer songwriters of his generation. Steve Earle proudly stated “he’s the best songwriter I ever had to throw out of my studio”, while the late great David Olney recalled […]

Americana One Two Three

March 14, 2024 Jonathan Aird 2

Another slice of our series investigating the collision of those natural partners number theory and Americana. The last time we looked at songs which allowed us to progress along the number line from eleven to twenty […]

Various Artists “Songs Not Bombs Vol 1”

March 14, 2024 Andy Davidson 0

A generosity of spirit through the madness. “They say the skies of Lebanon are burning/ Those mighty cedars bleeding in the heat They’re showing pictures on the television/ Women and children dying in the streets” Retaliation […]

Something for the weekend: Chicago “Just You ‘N’ Me”

June 26, 2026 2

Well that’s it from us for this week. It’s PAYDAY for many people and if you’re dreamimg of a future when you can actually go out the of house without a wall of unbearable heat hitting […]

Tift Merritt “Sugar”

June 26, 2026 0

Merritt returns with a beautifully sung meditation on love, work and the sweetness hidden in ordinary lives. After almost a decade away from releasing new albums, Tift Merritt returns with a collection of songs that feels […]

Classic Clips: Lynyrd Skynyrd “Call Me The Breeze” – Old Grey Whistle Test, London, 1975

June 26, 2026 0

Somewhere I have a cassette tape of this session, recorded from the TV using the tiny built-in audio mic on my radio cassette player; very low tech. The recording was further embellished with random sneezes from […]

Year: 2024