David Cowling

Arborist “Home Burial” (Kirkinrola Records, 2016)

December 21, 2016 David Cowling 0

This is a most impressive debut by the Northern Irish band. It’s an Americana soufflé wearing its graft and craft lightly, the apparent effortlessness coming at the price of hard work and talent. There is substance […]

Tim Houlihan “Another Orion’ (Independent, 2016)

December 21, 2016 David Cowling 0

Tim Houlihan has a voice made for country music and a grasp of a broad range of Americana styles. If he wasn’t a veteran of the scene this would sound like a perfect calling card for […]

AmericanA to Z: The Accident That Led Me To The World

December 20, 2016 David Cowling 0

TATLMTTW are exactly the kind of band that gave rise to the idea for this column , they made a couple of really good records and then disappeared. Firstly the self-titled release from 2005 that we […]

AmericanA to Z: A.A. Bondy

December 8, 2016 David Cowling 0

Welcome to the first in an ongoing series of explorations of Americana UK’s digital library. We’re going to explore our digital music collection to try to unearth some hidden gems and to remind everyone of artists that […]

Natural Child “Okey Dokey” (Independent, 2016)

November 21, 2016 David Cowling 0

NC aren’t one of those bands that can be easily pigeon-holed. By turns here they resemble Ween, Can, a boogie-band or an experimental jazz rock combo. They can be perplexing, joyful or frustrating – you can’t […]