2024 – Page 82 – Americana UK

Zachary Lucky “Jasper” – being right there in the room

October 14, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0

Zachary Lucky brings his soulful baritone to ‘Jasper’ from his new album ‘The Wind’. A simple stripped-down arrangement of guitar, dobro and mandolin allow the lyrics to shine. Rebekah Hawker joins Lucky on backing vocals. Lucky’s […]

Video Premiere: Ray Weaver “The Blood is Never on Their Hands”

October 14, 2024 Andrew Frolish 2

Americana artist Ray Weaver confronts huge global issues in his new single. These are uncertain times, with war, conflict and injustice all around us. In ‘The Blood is Never on Their Hands’, Weaver uses powerful images, […]

Something for the weekend: Merce Lemon “Backyard Lover”

October 11, 2024 Mark Whitfield 2

Well that’s it from us for another week, a week in which we saw the anniversary of the start of the Gaza genocide but as Amnesty pointed out this week, in reality it didn’t start on […]

Green Mohair Suits “Stan Wella”

October 11, 2024 Rick Thorn 0

Tight harmonies that belie subtle darker undertones. ‘Stan Wella’ is the fifth album release from this four-piece Australian band. They produce sumptuous harmonies throughout which certainly help to bind and define all the songs. It’s not […]

Classic Clips: Kathleen Edwards – Live at Massey Hall, 4th May 2018

October 11, 2024 Helen Jones 3

First off, I’ll have to admit I’m cheating here since this is less of a clip and more of a five song set, but I was so inspired by seeing Kathleen Edwards herself just a couple […]

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