Jonny Brick

The Dreaming Spires “Normal Town”

November 11, 2025 Jonny Brick 2

Pretty melodies and bleak landscapes combine on this grounded album. “It’s my home, I suppose,” sings Robin Bennett on the title track, which opens the third Dreaming Spires album. It’s about Didcot, the in-between town in […]

The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Jonny Brick

October 16, 2025 Jonny Brick 1

Yes, it’s a fool’s errand, but this feature helps contributors like me to express their love for particular songs which, to them, define the nebulous americana genre. My top ten includes some of the biggest names […]

Cover of Clover County album "Finer Things"

Clover County “Finer Things”

October 15, 2025 Jonny Brick 0

Softly sung set of songs from promising young singer/songwriter. Amanda Grace Schiano, a well-travelled lady now based in Athens, Georgia, is Clover County. Her debut album, given a distribution boost by Thirty Tigers and featuring sensitive […]

Album cover for William Prince's 'Further From The Country'

William Prince “Further From The Country”

September 24, 2025 Jonny Brick 0

Nine mostly melancholy tunes from the talented Canadian singer/songwriter. William Prince’s gruff croon is familiar to Radio 2 audiences, and he recently opened for Midland at their three UK shows. His fifth album is the first […]

Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons “I Will Wait”, Edinburgh 2010

September 19, 2025 Jonny Brick 1

When I was a student up in Edinburgh, I was on nodding acquaintance with Marcus Mumford, who was playing open mic pub gigs with songs that would eventually be sung in arenas and at Glastonbury. He […]

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Something for the weekend: Brown Horse “Wreck”

March 20, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week and we leave you dear reader with a new song from British slacker twang quartet Brown Horse, the third and final single from their upcoming album Total Dive […]

Danny George Wilson “Arcade”

March 20, 2026 1

Danny George Wilson delivers a reflective and beautifully crafted set of songs exploring loss, memory, and the difficult business of moving on. Danny George Wilson follows up the Danny & The Champions of the World album, […]

Thomas Dollbaum enlists MJ Lendeman and friends for his latest album

March 20, 2026 0

Tampa-born, New Orleans-based singer/songwriter Thomas Dollbaum has announced his new album Birds of Paradise, “a goodbye letter to lost loved ones and former selves,” which will come out on May 22 via Dear Life Records, and […]

Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0

Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2

While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

Interviews

Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

March 4, 2026 2

At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

Tracks

Ryan Hamilton “Big Man” – previously unrecorded Chuck prophet song

July 27, 2021 0

What’s not to like? Ryan Hamilton has a solid rock and roll C.V. and Chuck Prophet writes great songs – and this is a perfect example. All the more surprising then that it hasn’t been recorded […]

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Hot Buttered Rum “No Reason” – Or is there?

September 26, 2022 0

Well, Hot Buttered Rum sounds like a beverage equally suitable for the Arctic explorer and the Eighteenth Century Pirate – and here we are barely a week late for International Talk Like A Pirate Day. Arrrr….that […]

Videos

Video: Alexandra Alden “Magnolia”

April 23, 2025 0

Check out the latest single from Maltese folk artist Alexandra Alden. “Magnolia” is arranged beautifully and showcases Alden’s engaging, melodic voice. Directed, animated and edited by Gideon van der Stelt, the video is an artfully-produced visual […]

Articles by Jonny Brick

The Dreaming Spires “Normal Town”

The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Jonny Brick

Clover County “Finer Things”

William Prince “Further From The Country”

Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons “I Will Wait”, Edinburgh 2010

Something for the weekend: Brown Horse “Wreck”

Danny George Wilson “Arcade”

Thomas Dollbaum enlists MJ Lendeman and friends for his latest album

Classic Clips: Brown Horse “Wipers”, Newport 2024

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