May 2026 – Americana UK

Something for the weekend: Icarus Phoenix “Oh, The Joy of Life!”

May 29, 2026 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for this sweltering week, and we leave you dear reader with a brand new track from Drew Danburry’s Icarus Phoenix outfit which he describes as “an upbeat fiendishly danceable song about […]

Live Review: Kiefer Sutherland + Colin Andrew, The Adrian Flux Waterfront, Norwich – 13th May 2026

May 29, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0

When Kiefer Sutherland strode onto the stage at Norwich’s Adrian Flux Waterfront, the response from the packed crowd was immediate and thunderous. There was no slow build into the evening: Sutherland and his outstanding band launched […]

Jim Keller releases first ever European vinyl retrospective called “Vinylly!”

May 29, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

You see what he did there? Multi-talented singer, songwriter, and musician Jim Keller is to release Vinylly!, a collection of 14 of his finest songs from the last 15 years, and his first-ever European vinyl release. […]

Interview: Ben Vaughn on being true to yourself and the joys of recording an album in your car

May 29, 2026 Paul Russell 0

To say Ben Vaughn has had an eclectic musical career would be a gross understatement. He grew up in the Philadelphia area, and his journey into music began when a kind uncle gave him a Duane […]

Paperback Riders: Johnny Rogan “The Byrds Timeless Flight” and “Timeless Flight Revisited”

May 29, 2026 Tim Martin 1

There are rock biographies, and then there are monuments. Johnny Rogan’s Timeless Flight: The Definitive Biography of the Byrds, first published in 1981, belongs firmly in the latter category Rogan was a twenty-something and still at […]

The indefatigable Richard Thompson introduces his Hippies, Thugs and Heroes in October

July 30, 2026 0

Richard Thompson will release his 20th studio album, Hippies, Thugs and Heroes, on October 16th via New West Records. The 12-track set was produced by Thompson and James Frazee and recorded in Weehawken, New Jersey. It […]

Kate Prascher “Thousand A Million” – a lot, anyway

July 30, 2026 0

Kate Prascher’s new single Thousand A Million entwines the physical with the metaphysical in an intriguing and beguiling folk song that plays with notions of time and space (no, not like Dr Who). Kate Prascher describes […]

Video: Elanor Moss “The Way That It Feels” – A song about not turning away, but turning towards

July 30, 2026 0

The Way That It Feels is the latest release from London-based Elanor Moss. Delicate, tuneful classical guitar unfolds over the captured sounds of birdsong while her fluid voice ranges high and low in a beautifully haunting […]

Month: May 2026

Something for the weekend: Icarus Phoenix “Oh, The Joy of Life!”

Live Review: Kiefer Sutherland + Colin Andrew, The Adrian Flux Waterfront, Norwich – 13th May 2026

Jim Keller releases first ever European vinyl retrospective called “Vinylly!”

Interview: Ben Vaughn on being true to yourself and the joys of recording an album in your car

Paperback Riders: Johnny Rogan “The Byrds Timeless Flight” and “Timeless Flight Revisited”

The indefatigable Richard Thompson introduces his Hippies, Thugs and Heroes in October

Kate Prascher “Thousand A Million” – a lot, anyway

Video: Elanor Moss “The Way That It Feels” – A song about not turning away, but turning towards

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Matraca Berg

Gary Marks “Sky High” – How could water catch fire?