Helen Jones

AUK’s Chain Gang: Robert Ellis “Houston”

November 7, 2022 Helen Jones 0

In the last Chain Gang entry, Graeme Tait chose Hiss Golden Messenger’s ‘Biloxi’, a song in which frontman MC Taylor laments: “Say Biloxi / It’s tough all over / Ah, Houston / You scared me sober”, […]

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 […]

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Interview: Judy Collins doesn’t look back, she looks forward

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“My home is in New York City, on the Upper West Side,” Judy Collins said, proudly holding up a painting by her sister of cats and dogs that resembles a Monet. When I mentioned travelling up […]

Ramsey Thornton “I Called It!”

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Oklahoman Ramsey Thornton’s debut album explores the liminal space between action and inertia against a mellifluous musical background. Ramsey Thornton’s I Called It! is an album preoccupied with the moments where something should happen but doesn’t. […]

France’s Eldorado festival brings americana stars to NW France in late June

May 12, 2026 0

After a first promising edition in September 2024, the one and only americana Fest in France, Eldorado, returns to the village of Vancé in NW France (close to Le Mans) with its second edition on 26th […]

Articles by Helen Jones

AUK’s Chain Gang: Robert Ellis “Houston”

Joseph Shipp “Free, for a While”

Collapsing Stars “Chapter”

Classic Americana Albums: Ray LaMontagne “Trouble”

Jonathan Jeremiah “Horsepower for the Streets”

Interview: Judy Collins doesn’t look back, she looks forward

Ramsey Thornton “I Called It!”

France’s Eldorado festival brings americana stars to NW France in late June

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