Helen Jones

Ellie Turner “When the Trouble’s All Done”

April 5, 2023 Helen Jones 0

Turner’s sweet voice and breathy vocals alongside gentle acoustics make for a captivatingly intimate album. Ellie Turner may have started on her musical journey relatively late in life – she didn’t fall in love with folk […]

Upstate “You Only Get a Few”

March 25, 2023 Helen Jones 0

Exceptional harmonies and insightful lyrics come together to make a vibrant collection of songs. In the three years since their previous release, Upstate has been through quite a myriad of life events: there has been the […]

Brooks & Bowskill “Too Many Roads”

February 23, 2023 Helen Jones 1

A debut full of ethereal and moving songs. Canadian duo Brittany Brooks and Jimmy Bowskill aren’t just musical partners, but life partners, too. In fact, they didn’t just write the songs on their debut album together, […]

Rich Webb “Right!”

February 8, 2023 Helen Jones 0

A cohesive collection of songs that show a true understanding of what makes Americana great. “You got the stroll to go  / But I was too slow to dance with you / I was angry and […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Teddy Thompson songs

January 12, 2023 Helen Jones 2

When it came time for me to choose a new subject for ‘Essentials’, I could lie and say I had an epiphany or picked an artist I’d been long-gestating, but in actual fact, I saw that […]