Sean Hannam

AUK’s Chain Gang: Matt Hill “Making Sense of the War”

December 15, 2021 Sean Hannam 0

Last week’s Chain Gang entry was award-winning acapella trio The Young’uns’ version of Billy Bragg’s ‘Between The Wars’. That song was also covered by Northern English americana / folk / protest singer-songwriter, Quiet Loner – aka […]

Sam Barron “A Prayer For a Field Mouse”

September 16, 2021 Sean Hannam 0

Intimate, Wilco-esque country-folk-pop: warning – contains references to smoking crack. New York ‘anti-folk’ singer-songwriter Sam Barron’s father was a former folk musician turned forensic criminal investigator, and his mother worked with severely handicapped children. The stories […]

Brent Windler “New Morning Howl”

August 27, 2021 Sean Hannam 0

Orchestral pop, West Coast vibes, rich arrangements and sunny-side up melodies – lovely stuff. Bathed in the warm glow of the sun and soaking up the sounds of the Beach Boys and Phil Spector, Brent Windler’s […]

Essentials: The top 10 Lee Hazlewood songs

August 12, 2021 Sean Hannam 0

When NME reviewed Lee Hazlewood’s 1973 album, ‘Poet, Fool or Bum’, the journalist famously wrote a one-word critique, ‘Bum.’ Sure, it’s not one of his best records, and although Hazlewood was arguably all three of those […]

Artwork for Tiger Saw and Reasons Why album

Tiger Saw & The Reasons Why “Wet & Unlucky”

August 11, 2021 Sean Hannam 0

Soulful and cinematic country with a few surprises thrown in. ‘Wet & Unlucky’ is a collaboration between Massachusetts sadcore band Tiger Saw and Arkansas country act Dylan Earl & The Reasons Why. The two groups met […]