July 2025 – Page 34 – Americana UK

Artwork for Mark Radcliffe & David Boardman album “Hearsay & Heresy”

Mark Radcliffe & David Boardman “Hearsay & Heresy”

July 4, 2025 Peter Thompson 0

Fancy some comfort food? This record from a radio DJ and a guitar tutor delivers it by the forkful. Mark Radcliffe and David Boardman are two members of the seven-piece americana band FineLines; Boardman being one […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 189 “Data Nightmare”

July 4, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

These last three weeks are the first time in my entire life that I have taken a holiday in ‘term time’, ie when kids are at school and not tearing it up either on the ferry […]

Amanda DeBoer Bartlett “Braided Together”

July 4, 2025 Tim Martin 0

Fine songs about children and motherhood, set to only intermittently great music. A common way for P.R.s to direct the attention of reviewers to an album is “RIYL,” which stands for “Recommended If You Like”. In […]

Icarus Phoenix “Mark & Kyle” – taking big steps together

July 4, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

When we say that Icarus Phoenix are friends of the site it is more true than that phrase sometimes conveys, as Drew Danburry is indeed both a long time friend of the site and a long […]

Video: Pete Droge “You Called Me Kid”

July 4, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

Pete Droge delivers a lovely message and sentiment in his latest single. ‘You Called Me Kid’ is dedicated to Droge’s adoptive parents and his words on the gift of unconditional love are truly touching. The accompanying […]