Helen Jones

Steep Canyon Rangers “North Carolina Songbook” (Yep Roc Records, 2019)

December 17, 2019 Helen Jones 0

Live albums can often feel a pointless affair: a selection of songs you already know usually played to a lesser standard than the studio version, a crowd you weren’t part of, cheering in the background, and […]

Wayne Hancock “Man of the Road: The Early Bloodshot Years” (Bloodshot Records, 2019)

November 21, 2019 Helen Jones 0

“Got to make it day to night in El Paso / I’m going there as fast as I can go / I’ll take the road anyday / ‘Cause that’s the kind of life I’ve made / […]

Joshua Radin “Here, Right Now” (Nettwerk, 2019)

November 4, 2019 Helen Jones 0

It’s hard to begin listening to a Joshua Radin record without it conjuring visions of the kind of melodramatic scenes that might feature in a certain breed of US television drama. Radin first found success in […]

Sidney Lindner & The Silver Wilderness Collective “Summer Ghosts / Nightfalls” (Broken Sparrow and Burst & Bloom Records, 2019)

October 28, 2019 Helen Jones 0

“Sweet brother moonchild / We’d talk til all hours / You told me about that time that you had all the power / You brought the sunlight / The rain brought the flowers,” Sidney Lindner sings […]

Robert Ellis, Phase One, Liverpool, 22nd October 2019

October 28, 2019 Helen Jones 0

Before Robert Ellis took to the stage tonight, a bunch of yellow roses were carefully spread out over the portable piano and the edge of the stage; this act would help set the tone for an […]

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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

Steep Canyon Rangers “North Carolina Songbook” (Yep Roc Records, 2019)

Wayne Hancock “Man of the Road: The Early Bloodshot Years” (Bloodshot Records, 2019)

Joshua Radin “Here, Right Now” (Nettwerk, 2019)

Sidney Lindner & The Silver Wilderness Collective “Summer Ghosts / Nightfalls” (Broken Sparrow and Burst & Bloom Records, 2019)

Robert Ellis, Phase One, Liverpool, 22nd October 2019

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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