2024 – Page 81 – Americana UK

Willie Watson announces UK tour dates for the new year

October 14, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Following the release of his widely acclaimed new album, and US tour, Willie Watson, the singer-songwriter, poet, actor and multi-instrumentalist will be coming to the UK at the start of 2025 for a headline tour. The […]

Good Lovelies “Songbird” – sing on, they do sing on

October 14, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

We expect that you have not yet forgotten the exciting news of the reissue of the album ‘We Will Never Be The Same‘ by Good Lovelies. Heck, we only mentioned it a week ago. Well, here’s […]

Martin Harley “Morning Sun”

October 14, 2024 Tony Burke 0

Making a welcome return to the studio after a five-year hiatus, Cardiff-born Martin Harley delivers an excellent set of laidback self-penned songs recorded at Manchester’s Airtight Studio. In total Martin has released eight albums, four recorded […]

Ron Pope announces new album “American Man, American Music”

October 14, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Nashville based Ron Pope has announced his forthcoming album, “American Man, American Music”, on 14th February 2025 via Brooklyn Basement Records. Pope, who performed at the 2024 Long Road festival, had previously announced tour dates for […]

Jerry Douglas “The Set”

October 14, 2024 FredArnold 0

Dobro master at the peak of his powers with a sublime band recording pretty much his current setlist. It is quite possible that some readers have never heard of Jerry Douglas. His albums play beneath the […]

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