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 […]

Preview: James Taylor returns to the UK

July 15, 2026 3

Correction: The original version of this story described James Taylor as arriving in the UK next week, when as one of our readers has pointed out in the comments, he’s already played Scotland and is in […]

Whiskey Treaty Roadshow “Kept Rising”

July 15, 2026 0

Whiskey Treaty Roadshow proves that Democracy is strongest when it is diverse. It’s hard to pin down Whiskey Treaty Roadshow. They are all over the map, stylistically, and as a collective. Over the course of more […]

Live Review: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, British Airways ARC, London – 8th July 2026

July 15, 2026 0

And it’s off to another new venue in London, prestigiously located at Olympia in one of those surprisingly hard to get to parts of London. Few are the venues that feel the need to post outlying […]

Month: May 2026