August 2026 – Page 22

Video: Karl Bray “Marianne”

August 6, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0

Here’s the sound of the summer; Marianne is upbeat folk from singer-songwriter Karl Bray. Featuring guitar from Paul Phillips, former member of Pooh Sticks, Marianne opens with a light strum before the song settles into its swaying […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 Graeme Tait 2

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 Paul Russell 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers

August 5, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

Includes tracks from My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams and MJ Lenderman among others. Cinema Music Group, Killphonic Records, and City Slang have announced Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2 – Out of […]

Greg Freeman announces new album and UK dates

August 5, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

Greg Freeman has announced his new album, All Set The Bone, along with a video for its lead single Indu. The John Congleton-produced album is due October 2nd via Transgressive/Canvasback. Freeman was barely done making his […]

Americana Stories – Jack Roscoe “Out of the Woods”

August 24, 2026 0

Jack Roscoe finally emerged as a songwriter during Lockdown after years of stalled attempts at music. He released his debut album, the folky Out of the Woods, in November 2023. He followed this up with his second […]

Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the weird in outlaw country music

August 24, 2026 0

It’s always the ride and not necessarily the destination that makes a trip through a Nora Kelly Band album worthwhile. The songs can be zany, intriguing and melancholic all at once, cavorting to their own primal […]

Album artwork for Lambchop's "Punching the Clown"

Lambchop “Punching The Clown”

August 24, 2026 1

Kurt Wagner’s very individual vision takes another sharp turn. Kurt Wagner, for he is the constant in Lambchop’s story, delivers the band’s 16th album and like most of those that have come before, it’s hard to […]

Month: August 2026