Richard Phillips

Artwork for Seam Rowe album,'TheDarkness Dressed in Colored Lights'

Sean Rowe “The Darkness Dressed In Colored Lights”

September 27, 2021 Richard Phillips 0

Inspired lyrics reside amongst an atmospheric soundscape. Sometimes it can be fruitful to digress, in this instance from an album review to foraging for food. Rowe has his own Youtube feature, ‘Can I eat this?’ on […]

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Classic Americana Albums: Valerie June “The Order of Time”

September 2, 2021 Richard Phillips 0

Valerie June’s unique vocals have the ability to encompass a broad range of emotions, in a similar way to a musician bringing different moods to his or her chosen instrument. There is a sense of worldliness […]

Artwork for Dori Freeman album, "Ten Thousand Roses"

Dori Freeman “Ten Thousand Roses”

September 2, 2021 Richard Phillips 0

Assured, melodic vocals from Carolina. What is striking about Freeman’s latest release is the quality of her vocals; their clarity and versatility give this album a truly distinctive feel. Reference points to her mellifluous tones might […]

Artwork for Sam Williams's album "Glasshouse Children"

Sam Williams “Glasshouse Children”

August 18, 2021 Richard Phillips 0

Heartache and soul searching mix with country-pop. Inevitably, when you can claim your grandfather is regarded as a significant contributor to American songs of the 20th Century, then expectations are going to be high for your […]

Artwork for Garrett Heath album, "Kingdom Come"

Garrett Heath “Kingdom Come”

August 4, 2021 Richard Phillips 0

Reflective melancholy drives a search for truth, peace and love. “I believe the world will be saved by beauty”; so says Prince Lev Nikolyaevich Myshkin, the protagonist of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel, ‘The Idiot’. As a proponent […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 2

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers

August 5, 2026 0

Includes tracks from My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams and MJ Lenderman among others. Cinema Music Group, Killphonic Records, and City Slang have announced Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2 – Out of […]

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