David Jarman

Wayne Graham “1% Juice” (Hometown Caravan, 2020)

November 24, 2020 David Jarman 0

Wayne Graham, a musical partnership between brothers Kenny and Hayden Miles, badge themselves as an alt-country/Americana group, and this self-produced twelve-track album lives up to the billing, with a foot firmly in both camps. With roots […]

Classic Americana Albums: Ry Cooder “Bop Till You Drop” (Warners, 1979)

November 19, 2020 David Jarman 0

In his long and illustrious career Ry Cooder has cut out a unique niche with his reinterpretations of American blues and roots music, and never to greater effect than on his 1979 release ‘Bop Till You […]

Dawes “Good Luck With Whatever” (Rounder Records, 2020)

November 10, 2020 David Jarman 0

Nashville’s famed RCA studio A has a renowned roster of great recording sessions dating back to its birth in 1965, from the Beach Boys and BB King, to recent albums by Jason Isbell and Chris Stapleton. […]

St. Lorelei “Beast” (Independent, 2020)

October 23, 2020 David Jarman 0

St. Lorelei is a new band fronted by Jo Morris, following on from her 2017 debut EP. Based in New Orleans, ‘Beast’ features her dreamlike and ethereal vocals on eight songs, all self-penned with the exception […]

James Edwyn and the Borrowed Band “Before We Go” (Independent, 2020)

September 21, 2020 David Jarman 0

Glasgow-based James Edwyn and the Borrowed Band impressed with their 2017 album ‘High Fences’, rated a 9/10 on this site, and described as ‘The first great album of 2018’, and a follow-up release was scheduled for […]