Helen Jones

Sean McConnell, Manchester Academy 2, 29th September 2019

October 11, 2019 Helen Jones 0

When Sean McConnell came on stage without fanfare – clad in denim and holding his guitar, testing his microphone before beginning – the audience weren’t prepared for the powerful performance he was about to unleash. Opening […]

AmericanA to Z – Tony Lucca

October 1, 2019 Helen Jones 0

While Tony Lucca may not be a name many around here are immediately familiar with, his impact on my own musically journey has been big.

Kendra Amalie “Intuition” (Beyond Beyond Is Beyond, 2019)

September 24, 2019 Helen Jones 0

Musically, Kendra Almalie is someone who is hard to put in a box, but on her debut album she offers up an ethereal sonic richness that conjures up comparisons to the likes of PJ Harvey at […]

Genevieve Heyward “The River EP” (Painted Recordings, 2019)

September 10, 2019 Helen Jones 0

“We are like a ship of dreams / Cracked and leaking at the seams / Slowly floating down the river,” Wisconsin musician Genevieve Heyward sings lazily on the opening of her new EP, pulling us in […]

Josh Rennie-Hynes “Patterns” (Soundly Music, 2019)

August 21, 2019 Helen Jones 0

After making a name for himself in his native Australia, Josh Rennie-Hynes upped sticks from his home in Queensland and – upon being granted the impressive Nashville Songwriters Residency grant by the Australian Council for the […]

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For The Sake Of The Song: Joni Mitchell “Woodstock”

May 11, 2026 0

The Woodstock festival held in 1969 at Yasgur’s farm, Bethel, New York, is one of those truly emblematic moments in the history of contemporary music, and indeed in the birth of americana. And of course it’s […]

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Nordic americana with a slightly heavier tinge. I’m Kingfisher is the alter ego of Swedish singer-songwriter Thomas Jonsson. Give Up Together is his sixth album under that guise and comes three years after his last release, […]

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Articles by Helen Jones

Sean McConnell, Manchester Academy 2, 29th September 2019

AmericanA to Z – Tony Lucca

Kendra Amalie “Intuition” (Beyond Beyond Is Beyond, 2019)

Genevieve Heyward “The River EP” (Painted Recordings, 2019)

Josh Rennie-Hynes “Patterns” (Soundly Music, 2019)

For The Sake Of The Song: Joni Mitchell “Woodstock”

I’m Kingfisher “Give Up Together”

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Igloo Hearts

Peter Case “At McCabe’s: My Life to Live”

The Krickets “If You Only Knew”