News
Iron & Wine announce new EP “Weed Garden” – Listen
Two of the best things in life are ironing and wine, and in celebration of that fact Iron & Wine aka Sam Beam has announced a new EP ‘Weed Garden’ which comes out on August 31 via Sub Pop. […]
Articles by Mark Whitfield
Live Reviews
Del Amitri, Manchester Apollo, 22nd July 2018
It’s funny how some artists who don’t ever label themselves as americana have a certain resonance with americana audiences – Del Amitri are one of those bands and notwithstanding the fact that they sometimes tend to […]
News
Rosanne Cash will receive Americana award for free speech
Lovely to hear about this award whenever it crops up, and nice to see at least one Rosanne talking sense this year! RS report: “Four-time Grammy winner Rosanne Cash, who has actively advocated against gun violence […]
News
Emmylou and Steve Earle announce Lantern tour for refugees
Don’t get too excited, it’s not coming to the UK, even though we could probably do with our own version of this over here right now. RS Country reports: “An impressive array of Grammy-winning artists, including […]
Tracks
Lewisburg “Wasted/Clear the Air” – Listen
We normally only post one tune in our tracks section but this double A-side is such a belter it feels unusually cruel to post one and not the other, kind of like favouring one of your […]