Tim Merricks

Hiss Golden Messenger “Hallelujah Anyhow” (Merge Records, 2017)

September 11, 2017 Tim Merricks 0

“Hallelujah Anyhow” is the sixth release by self-styled ‘Nowhere Man’ M C Taylor under the moniker Hiss Golden Messenger. His band consists of an eclectic variety of musicians including Brad Cook, Phil Cook, Chris Boerner, Josh […]

Lizzie No “Hard Won” (Independent 2017)

May 29, 2017 Tim Merricks 0

With Hard Won, Brooklyn’s Lizzie No has picked up the musical baton of greats like Linda Thompson and Sandy Denny, spread it thick with a shadowy relevance born of her New York background, and unleashed what […]

Andrew Combs, London Borderline, 9th May 2017

May 25, 2017 Tim Merricks 0

Sixty seconds into show opener Rose Colored Blues and the famously hard to please Borderline feet were tapping. Quite an achievement for an Americana songsmith faced with a London crowd of semi-interested drinkers with a copy […]

Glenn Yoder & The Western States “Inherited Darkness” (Independent 2017)

May 17, 2017 Tim Merricks 1

Glenn Yoder’s been churning out top-class Americana for a dozen years or so, and is now managing to both move with the times while remaining true to his roots. Since 2013, he’s been working with The Western States, […]

Beth//James “All In Life” (Independent 2017)

May 2, 2017 Tim Merricks 0

Firstly, let’s remove one potentially confusing element of this debut EP. The clue’s in the double slash, it’s not Beth James the solo artist but Austin-based folk duo Mikaela Beth Kahn and Jordan James Burchill that […]