Helen Jones

Joseph Shipp “Free, for a While”

October 25, 2022 Helen Jones 0

A distinctive voice that tells well-crafted stories that resonate with honesty. Joseph Shipp it seems, really can enviably do it all: He’s a musician, an award-winning graphic designer, and a photographer so skilled that a book […]

Collapsing Stars “Chapter”

October 6, 2022 Helen Jones 0

Unassuming but confidently made, this soothing blend of folk and Americana is a tonic for the soul. Like so many of us, Minneapolis based quartet Collapsing Stars had big plans for 2020; in fact, they were […]

Classic Americana Albums: Ray LaMontagne “Trouble”

September 21, 2022 Helen Jones 0

At the end of the 2010 Ben Affleck directed and starred in the movie ‘The Town’, Affleck’s character (spoiler alert) manages to flee the police, although that tragically means he has to leave behind the object […]

Jonathan Jeremiah “Horsepower for the Streets”

September 13, 2022 Helen Jones 0

A rich and stylistically certain take on the peaks and troughs of the past couple of years that imparts a feeling of hope that lingers. “Come bring it in brothers should you need it / I […]

But is it Americana? – Stereophonics

September 5, 2022 Helen Jones 1

Helen Jones is the writer in the frame this time round, as she makes an impassioned plea for Stereophonics’ debut album to earn the coveted Americana tag. Can the band from the Welsh valleys convince you […]