Columns
Sounds from beyond the Shed 199 “Bandcamp Gold”
Creating a couple of radio shows and having a voracious appetite for new music keep me coming back to Bandcamp. It is a wonderful thing. I never play tracks on my shows that I have not […]
Month: September 2025
Album Reviews
Lloyd and the Leftovers “Spin the Wheel”
Intriguing debut release from Australiana indie-folkers. The debut album from Lloyd and the Leftovers (great band name, by the way) joins the recent wave of Australian-flavoured Americana. Hailing from Walyalup on the west coast, their sound […]
Tracks
Peter Stampfel “Cognitive Behavioural Therapy” – let’s look at it this way
Peter Stampfel – he of the Fugs and the Holy Modal Rounders – has a new and, hey no real surprise, rather unusual new album coming out. It’s called “Song Shards: Soul Jingles, Stoic Jingles, Vintage […]
Videos
Video Premiere: Katy Tessman “Ghost Ranch”
Minneapolis singer-songwriter Katy Tessman delivers her new video via Americana UK. The atmospheric ‘Ghost Ranch’, featuring ethereal backing vocals and languid guitar twanging in the desert heat, is built around Tessman’s striking country voice – it’s […]
Essentials
Essentials: The Top 10 Songs from Season Two of “The Bear”
There was an Essentials feature on season 1 of Hulu’s hit TV series “The Bear” posted back in June (2025). Much has changed leading into season 2. Picking up seemingly days after the first season’s end, […]