Andrew Frolish

Video: Seasick Steve “Clock is Running”

May 14, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

The animated video for Seasick Steve’s latest single is simple yet effective. ‘Clock is Running’ is a typically rhythmic, foot-tapping song with some excellent guitar and percussion-work. The video was created during the lockdown – Steve […]

Video Premiere: Jerry Joseph with Drive By Truckers “Days of Heaven”

May 13, 2020 Andrew Frolish 14

Though less well-known on our side of the pond, Jerry Joseph is a hugely respected songwriter, championed by the likes of Jason Isbell and Patterson Hood of Drive By Truckers. Indeed the Truckers are such fans […]

Video Premiere: Hannah White & The Nordic Connections “Pay Me A Compliment”

May 13, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

We are delighted to share the video premiere of ‘Pay Me a Compliment’ from Hannah White & The Nordic Connections. The beautiful melody demonstrates White’s lovely, personal vocal and excellent songcraft. White, co-owner of London’s The […]

Video: Joe Troop “A Plea to the US Government to Fully Fund the Postal Service”

May 13, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

In this video, Joe Troop of Che Apalache channels the spirit of Woody Guthrie to deliver a message to the US government. Troop has worked with http://RuralOrganizing.org to plead for help for the US Postal Service. […]

Video: Sam Burton “Nothing Touches Me”

May 12, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

‘Nothing Touches Me’ is the warm, summery new single from Sam Burton. Featuring Kacey Johansing on backing vocals, this dreamy, melodic song is from Burton’s forthcoming LP, produced by Jarvis Taveniere, which will be his first […]

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Rae Spoon “Assigned Country Singer At Birth”

April 23, 2026 0

Non-binary singer returns to their country roots with intimations of mortality. After a twenty-year spell away from the genre, Canadian Rae Spoon returns to their formative years with Assigned Country Singer At Birth, their thirteenth album. […]

Red Rooster crows no more

April 23, 2026 0

We hate to be the bearers of more bad news with everything else going on in the world at the moment but another UK festival has fallen by the wayside. This time it’s Red Rooster which […]

Deer Tick “Everything Born” – goes through changes

April 23, 2026 0

On 5th June, Providence’s Deer Tick will release their ninth studio album, Coin-O-Matic, via ATO. In advance of that comes the customary singles, of which Everything Born is the latest, and it touches on the LP’s underlying […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

April 22, 2026 0

Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]

Interviews

Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

April 21, 2026 0

Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]

Interviews

Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

April 17, 2026 0

Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]

Album Reviews

Hearts Of Oak “Moves” (Deer Lodge, 2018)

October 31, 2018 0

When asked what the highlight of this record was, the band replied “It’s OK to take drugs and play music”. That might have been a thing a few decades ago, but the modern Americana listener surely […]

Album Reviews

Darlingside “Extralife” (More Doug Records/Thirty Tigers 2018)

March 7, 2018 0

Massachusetts based Darlingside combine an almost dystopian view of the future with intricate, four-part harmonies to present an irresistible package on ‘Extralife‘. Described by NPR Music as “literary-minded, baroque, folk-pop” and with a distinctive vocal style that […]

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Gordie “Crazylegs” MacKeeman “All Around The Kitchen” – fiddle driven folk

July 29, 2022 1

Gordie “Crazylegs” MacKeeman has recorded a two volume album release of songs that’s called ‘Folk For Little Folk’. It was a project that came to life over the pandemic when MacKeeman became more acutely aware of […]

Articles by Andrew Frolish

Video: Seasick Steve “Clock is Running”

Video Premiere: Jerry Joseph with Drive By Truckers “Days of Heaven”

Video Premiere: Hannah White & The Nordic Connections “Pay Me A Compliment”

Video: Joe Troop “A Plea to the US Government to Fully Fund the Postal Service”

Video: Sam Burton “Nothing Touches Me”

Rae Spoon “Assigned Country Singer At Birth”

Red Rooster crows no more

Deer Tick “Everything Born” – goes through changes

Video Premiere: Old Spot “Tom Dooley”

Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary