Album Reviews
Mike McClure “Looking Up” (Independent 2020)
Mike McClure has been a fixture of the Americana touring scene for the past 25+ years both as a founder member of the Red Dirt Band and as a sideman for artists such as the late […]
Articles by Keith Hargreaves
Classic Americana Albums
Classic Americana Albums: Tom Petty “Wildflowers” (Warner Bros.,1994)
Tom Petty’s first studio album for his new label Warner Brothers found him escaping the uber-producer Jeff Lynne whose hand had influenced every musical decision on his previous 3 outings; twice as a Heartbreaker and once […]
Album Reviews
Jeremy Ivey “Waiting Out The Storm” (Anti, 2020)
Opening with the Beatlesy ‘Tomorrow People’ Jeremy Ivey’s latest album is full of classic rock traits as he documents the various ills of modern America. All the gangs’ here, wailing Hammond, catchy harmonies, driving backbeats, guitar […]
Album Reviews
This is the Kit “Off Off On” (Rough Trade Records, 2020)
This is an extraordinary album of such charm, brio and musical dexterity that listening demands attention and admiration in equal measure and over time this combination distils nicely into deep affection, not only for the material […]
Features
Some Americana songs concerning or concerned with drugs, there may be 10 of them…
The rampant top ten features provide a quick and easy way to access key aspects or themes running through the music that fuels this site and enriches our todays. And now we reach a key influence […]