2024 – Page 87 – Americana UK

Video: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit “This Ain’t It”

October 9, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit deliver over eight minutes of musical magic in this electrifying live performance of ‘This Ain’t It’. Isbell and his band are incredible performers – a tight, precise collective bursting with […]

Gemma Hayes “Blind Faith”

October 8, 2024 Darren Lumbroso 0

A reflective, maudlin, mixture of folk, analogue synth and old-school indie. ‘Blind Faith’ is Gemma Hayes’ first album in 10 years, following a hiatus to spend time with her two children. The cover shows a figure […]

Good Lovelies to release expanded edition of “We Will Never Be The Same”

October 8, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

To celebrate this first anniversary of Good Lovelies’ JUNO-nominated album “We Will Never Be The Same”, the band is releasing a deluxe digital reissue of the record on October 25th. The new release includes acoustic versions […]

Curtis Eller’s American Circus “Another Nice Mess”

October 8, 2024 Andrew Raw 0

Quirky, interesting and original themes backed by sparse banjo-picking. You get the feeling that Curtis Eller is a truly larger-than-life character. “Another Nice Mess”, his eighth full-length album, takes you aback with the originality of its […]

Bluegrass Briefs – Magnolia Street String Band, Thunder and Rain, The Grascals

October 8, 2024 Tim Martin 0

Bluegrass can often feel like it is speaking to its existing audience rather than reaching out to new people. There are plenty of artists who seem to be looking to bury the Bluegrass elements of their […]

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 […]

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