2024 – Page 79 – Americana UK

Track Premiere: Twisted Pine “Knockout Roses”

October 16, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Boston’s Twisted Pine are back with their first new album in four years, ‘Love Your Mind,’ which is out on October 18th. Twisted Pine started out a decade ago as a progressive-Bluegrass band, and whilst they are […]

Video Premiere: Dan McCormick “Big Sky”

October 16, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

Get lost in the sounds and sights of the great American Northwest with the latest single from singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Dan McCormick. ‘Big Sky’ features a bright strum and a compelling, shuffling rhythm, providing the […]

John Surge and the Haymakers “Marisol”

October 15, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0

Tex-Mex by way of LA. John Surge, a mainstay of the exploding Americana scene in Los Angeles, made his new record with veteran producer Tommy Detamore in Floresville, Texas. The two previously collaborated on last year’s […]

Mean Mary “Woman Creature – Portrait of a Woman, Part 2”

October 15, 2024 Gordon Mackay 0

Stunning banjo playing and masterful storytelling, all hail Mean Mary’s latest studio outing. Alabama-born (Mean) Mary James returns with her 19th studio offering. “Woman Creature – Portrait of a Woman, Part 2” is a varied collection […]

Nadia Reid announces new album and UK/EU tour dates

October 15, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Manchester-based expatriate New Zealander Nadia Reid has announced the release of her fourth album, “Enter Now Brightness”, on 7th February 2025 via her new label Chrysalis Records as well as UK and European tour dates for […]

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