2024 – Page 321 – Americana UK

My Girl The River “Helpless” – I can try to help though

March 11, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

The latest song from Kris Wilkinson Hughes, a.k.a. My Girl The River is a pandemic inspired song of parental compassion. ‘Helpless‘ was written during the heart of the pandemic, Kris was talking with another songwriter about […]

Video Premiere: Van Plating “Orange Blossom Child”

March 11, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

Here’s the video premiere of ‘Orange Blossom Child’ – a love letter to her childhood from Florida’s Van Plating. The shuffling rhythms and stirring guitar hook you in. Van Plating’s catchy vocal performance, reinforced by melodic […]

Something for the weekend: Blitzen Trapper “Hello Hallelujah”

March 8, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0

That’s it from us for another weekend dear reader. Good luck if you’re heading down to London for the next national Palestine demo tomorrow, especially now you’re apparently the reason the country is on its arse […]

Black Deer Festival announces next tranche of artists for this summer’s big bash

March 8, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

Black Deer is back again this year in June with the already avian-related headliner Sheryl Crow and now they have announced some more names including a UK festival exclusive headline act in the form of guitar […]

Jonah Corren “Langdon” – revisiting his West Dorset childhood with this thoughtful new single

March 8, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0

Jonah Corren revisits his West Dorset childhood bedroom and pens the thoughtful new single ‘Langdon’. The song is not a nostalgic look back so much as it is a meditation on the changes in perspective brought […]

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