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The top 10 Lori McKenna songs
I first discovered Lori McKenna in maybe little of an unusual way: while you may only know Mandy Moore as an actress, or have a vague memory of her limited success in the UK as a […]
Articles by Helen Jones
Album Reviews
Teddy Thompson “Heartbreaker Please” (Thirty Tigers, 2020)
It’s been nine long years since Teddy Thompson last put out a solo album (in 2016 he did release a collaboration album with fellow singer-songwriter Kelly Jones – not to be confused with the Stereophonics frontman […]
Album Reviews
Classic Americana Albums: Jeff Buckley “Grace” (Columbia, 1994)
An ex boyfriend of mine once told me that a friend of his (whom I never met) got to see Jeff Buckley perform once. This was told to me years ago, yet I still sometimes find […]
Album Reviews
Saints Eleven “This Town” (Independent, 2020)
Saints Eleven frontman Jeff Grossman has been described as “an introverted soul” and “a little shy in person”, but you’d never recognise such a man by listening to his music: this is forceful southern rock, with […]
Album Reviews
Shovelin Stone “Shovelin Stone” (Independent, 2019)
Shovelin Stone lead vocalist Makenzie Willox believes there’s an acoustic and folk “revolution” going on right now – name checking the likes of Tyler Childers, Billy Strings and Sturgill Simpson as comrades leading the charge – […]