Peter Churchill

The Winterlings “American Son” (Independent, 2017)

October 17, 2017 Peter Churchill 0

The history of popular music is littered with chance encounters and the random coming together of artists but surely the Buddhist fire ritual that brought Wolff Bowden and Amanda Birdsall together must be right up there […]

Thea Gilmore, Winchester Science Centre Planetarium, 22nd September 2017

September 28, 2017 Peter Churchill 0

The unique and atmospheric venue that is the Planetarium at The Winchester Science Centre was the setting for Thea Gilmore to showcase her new and critically acclaimed album, The Counterweight. If such a very different stage […]

Prinz Grizzley “Come On In” (Independent Release, 2017)

September 5, 2017 Peter Churchill 0

Prinz Grizzley is Chris Comper, an Austrian with his heart in American music. His rural upbringing helped developed a love and passion for the way of life and the music that this landscape inspires. With an […]

Tom Russell “Folk Hotel” (Proper Records, 2017)

August 30, 2017 Peter Churchill 1

In the 1990’s Tom Russell was, along with Dave Alvin, hailed as the architect of what came to be known as Americana music. Folk Hotel is album number 36 for Russell and, in 2017, he has […]

Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters, The American Museum in Britain, Bath, 20th August 2017

August 28, 2017 Peter Churchill 0

High up on Claverton Hill on the outskirts of Bath is the bucolic setting of The American Museum in Britain. Established in 1961 with the aim of educating the UK, and the world, about American cultural […]