February 2026 – Page 4

Red Rooster Festival announces full list of acts for 2026

February 26, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0

The Red Rooster Festival has announced its full line-up for this year’s festival which takes place 28th-30th May 2026 and, as usual, it digs deep into roots, rock and Americana. The festival is set against the […]

The Gated Community “Hope To Hell” – not looking for trouble, and yet it arrives

February 26, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

In the face of violence in the streets and unlawful detention what can a musician do, really? They can document what’s going on, make their point and try and raise awareness (and maybe the odd dollar) […]

Video Premiere: Joe Martin “Alone in Valentine”

February 26, 2026 Andrew Frolish 1

Here is the title track from Joe Martin’s forthcoming album, “Alone in Valentine”. Recorded in Nashville last summer, the album was created with the help of Cal Campbell and Cornelius Webb, sons of the country legends […]

Classic Americana Albums: Bobbie Gentry “The Delta Sweete”

February 25, 2026 Dean Nardi 0

Another in our series of occasional Features looks at one of the great unsung albums of the 60s. After the fanfare of recording a #1 hit single in Ode to Billy Joe, in 1968 Bobbie Gentry […]

Artwork for Eric bib album "One Mississippi"

Eric Bibb “One Mississippi”

February 25, 2026 Andrew Lefley 1

An album which opens your eyes and ears to what can be done within the blues idiom and just to its leftfield. Eric Bibb is not one of the number of young guitar-based hotshots that are […]

Be Good Tanyas release 25th Anniversary vinyl edition of debut album “Blue Horse”

September 15, 2026 0

Twenty-five years after The Be Good Tanyas introduced their singular take on folk music to the world, the celebrated Vancouver group has announced a special 25th anniversary edition of their debut album, Blue Horse, arriving November […]

artwork for Cody Landress-Gibson album - Music to Get By On

Cody Landress-Gibson “Music To Get By On”

September 15, 2026 0

From punk to pedal steel, the Chattanooga storyteller lays bare the challenges of a tough year. This is a short, impactful record. Cody Landress-Gibson cuts to the chase and burrows into our hearts. His gut-twisting lyrics […]

Live Review: Jacqui McShee’s Pentangle + Junior Brother + Sam Grassie, EartH, London – 3rd September 2026

September 15, 2026 0

An Autumnal return to EartH (Experimental Arts Hackney) for a remarkable line-up in the converted cinema main hall. Pentangle were one of the big four of British folk-rock bands alongside Fairport, Steeleye Span and the Incredible […]

Month: February 2026

Red Rooster Festival announces full list of acts for 2026

The Gated Community “Hope To Hell” – not looking for trouble, and yet it arrives

Video Premiere: Joe Martin “Alone in Valentine”

Classic Americana Albums: Bobbie Gentry “The Delta Sweete”

Eric Bibb “One Mississippi”

Be Good Tanyas release 25th Anniversary vinyl edition of debut album “Blue Horse”

Cody Landress-Gibson “Music To Get By On”

Live Review: Jacqui McShee’s Pentangle + Junior Brother + Sam Grassie, EartH, London – 3rd September 2026

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

Hollow Hand takes Wish Road South out on the… apologies for this… road