Russell Murphy

Martha Fields “Headed South”

July 12, 2021 Russell Murphy 0

Appalachia and Texas meets Southwest France. Lockdown has inspired many artists to write new material during the past eighteen months or so, but it is unlikely that many americana albums were written during this time in […]

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Frank Turner “England Keep My Bones (10 Year Anniversary Edition)”

June 25, 2021 Russell Murphy 0

Has it really been ten years already? When originally released in June 2011, Frank Turner’s fourth studio album, ‘England Keep My Bones’ was met with critical acclaim and went on to achieve commercial success, debuting at […]

Artwork for JR Harbidge album Long Black River

J.R. Harbidge “Long Black River”

June 2, 2021 Russell Murphy 0

Black Country americana really should be a ‘thing’. Given the number of new routes to market largely created as a result of that wondrous invention, t’Interweb, it is little wonder that so many artists – new […]

Essentials: The top 10 Brandi Carlile songs

May 20, 2021 Russell Murphy 2

Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, multi-platinum album sales, multiple Grammy winner as both performer and producer, supergroup founding member, humanitarian activist, a number one book on the New York Times Bestseller list, even has a restaurant named after […]

Soo Line Loons “Soo Line Loons”

May 14, 2021 Russell Murphy 0

A little disjointed and a feeling of incompleteness. Hailing from Minneapolis – in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons recently – Soo Line Loons have produced as their eponymous album what can most definitely be […]

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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