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Wayne Graham “Joy” (K&F Records, 2018)

November 16, 2018 MD Spenser 0

This album, which falls on the country rock side of Americana, is darn near irresistible. First things first: Wayne Graham is not a person – it’s the name of a four-piece band from Kentucky led by two […]

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Eliza Gilkyson “Secularia” (Red House Records, 2018)

October 16, 2018 MD Spenser 0

This might be the album that America needs to hear now more than any other. Musically, it is gorgeous folk/americana enhanced by a stellar cast of supporting musicians. Lyrically, it is by turns meditative, moving, uplifting […]

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Leland & the Silver Wells “Leland & the Silver Wells” (Independent, 2018)

September 11, 2018 MD Spenser 0

This lovely album of poetic music can seem portentous at first, but its depth and beauty reveal themselves on repeated listens. The tone is set by the opening track, ‘We Dissolve,’ which features almost orchestral instrumentation underpinned […]

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Rayland Baxter “Wide Awake” (ATO Records, 2018)

August 6, 2018 MD Spenser 0

This album is wonderful musically, if somewhat inscrutable lyrically – at least initially. To write these 10 songs, Baxter set himself up alone in an abandoned rubber band factory in Kentucky, covered the windows, slept on […]

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Ash Mountain “Boom” (Independent, 2018)

July 16, 2018 MD Spenser 0

This three-song EP by the Mancunian band Ash Mountain is marked by music that is highly enjoyable but hardly original. It’s filled with jangly guitars somewhat reminiscent of The Byrds, and all three tracks sound similar. The […]

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Gregg Hill “Bayou St. John”

September 22, 2023 0

An album that’s most definitely born on the bayou. Bayou St. John is one of New Orleans’ oldest neighbourhoods and this album is very much inspired by this part of the Big Easy. Gregg Hill moved […]

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Briscoe “West Of It All”

September 22, 2023 0

Excellent debut album from Texan duo stuffed full of songs with catchy melodies and strong harmonies. Hailing from Texas, Briscoe are made up of Truett Heintzelman and Philip Lupton who first met as fourteen-year-olds at a […]

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Viv & Riley “Imaginary People”

September 21, 2023 0

Viv & Riley sing sweet songs of reflection from the front seat. The latest album, ‘Imaginary People,’ by Vivian Leva and Riley Calcagno—now going by Viv and Riley—is an easygoing set of folk-pop reflections, warm as […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

July 13, 2023 46

As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

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The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

March 12, 2020 4

I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Martin Johnson

August 31, 2023 27

How does anyone go about determining the top ten americana artists ever, and once you’ve worked that one out, how do you rank them in a meaningful way? These are the legitimate questions facing Americana UK […]

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Something for the weekend: Great Lake Swimmers “Peacemaker”

Tracks
September 22, 2023 0

That’s it from us for another week dear reader and we leave you with a new release from Ontario’s Great Lake Swimmers who have never actually confirmed if they can all swim but they do make […]

Gregg Hill “Bayou St. John”

Album Reviews
September 22, 2023 0

An album that’s most definitely born on the bayou. Bayou St. John is one of New Orleans’ oldest neighbourhoods and this album is very much inspired by this part of the Big Easy. Gregg Hill moved […]

Live Review: Septembersong, Braziers Park, South Oxfordshire – 17th September 2023

Live Reviews
September 22, 2023 0

lt’s mid September but the trees are yet to exhibit their autumnal hues as I pedal through the South Oxfordshire countryside to Braziers Park, for the final day of the Septembersong festival. It doesn’t feel like […]

Classic Clips: Jackson Browne with JD Souther – AMA Awards Ryman Auditorium, 2014

Classic Clips
September 22, 2023 1

The 2014 Americana Music Awards at the Ryman Auditorium saw Jackson Browne awarded the Spirit of Americana/Free Speech in Music award. If that sounds like a made-up award aimed solely at the recipient well then, so […]

Live Review: Bonny Light Horseman with the London Contemporary Orchestra, The Barbican, London – 15th September 2023

Live Reviews
September 22, 2023 0

It’s quite a thought that in early 2020 Bonny Light Horseman (Anaïs Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson, Josh Kaufman) could be found playing in The Lexington – a lovely place in many ways, but on no one’s […]

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