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The Deer “Swoon” Listen
Leading off with a stately piano line, ‘Swoon‘ is the third single from The Deer’s new album ‘Do No Harm.’ It showcases the band’s psych-folk stylings, as it quickly gives way to a wordy tongue-twisting verse […]
Articles by Jonathan Aird
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Paddy Nash “Hearth & Harbourage” – Listen
On this warm and richly rounded new song Paddy Nash states the case for the real riches of the world “So all you rambling boys and girls / Trying to find your place in this world […]
Album Reviews
Boa Morte “Before There Was Air” (Gare Du Nord Records, 2019)
Whichever way you look at it ‘Before there was Air‘ is the very definition of slow-folk. There’s the simple chronology of the release which is Boa Morte’s third album in a mere 17 years – actually […]
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Emilia Martensson “Arm Ourselves (Against Ourselves)” – Listen
Emilia Martensson has the crystal clear voice of an angel, but on this folk y song, with Pentangle-ish jazz flecks, the Swedish born, London dwelling, vocalist sings of the light and shade of the parent-child relationship […]
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Torgeir Waldemar “Leaf in the Wind” – Listen
Norwegian troubadour Torgeir Waldemar will release his third full album ‘Love‘ through Jansen Records on 17th January. Here at Americana UK we really liked the last album ‘No Offending Borders‘ and the interim reworked songs mini-album […]