Tim Merricks

Mules & Men “Thinking Sideways” (Independent, 2019)

March 13, 2019 Tim Merricks 0

There’s no disputing the talent, energy and togetherness that this unique band bring to the table. You can argue over the genre – they call it ‘Acid Celtgrass’. What that means is open to interpretation, pigeonholing […]

Jess Klein “Back To My Green” (Blue Rose Records, 2019)

February 12, 2019 Tim Merricks 1

Just as the generations have always offered up explosions of outstanding peer collectives down the ages, so it seems that lately there has been an outbreak of gifted female americana singer-songwriters. Not that Jess Klein is […]

Rachel Baiman, The Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol, 22nd January 2019

February 7, 2019 Tim Merricks 0

Bristol’s Wardrobe Theatre is a bohemian gem of a venue in a neglected but vibrant corner of the city, offering up a mix of independent productions and cutting edge Americana to an audience made up of […]

Straw Bear “Fiction” (Independent, 2018)

December 21, 2018 Tim Merricks 0

Straw Bear named their band after a “bizarre” festival in the home counties during which a single participant is dressed as yep, a straw bear, in celebration of the start of the agricultural year. This says more […]

Kramies (ft. Grandaddy, Guided By Voices, Train) “Of All The Places Been & Everything The End” (Hidden Shoal, 2018)

December 3, 2018 Tim Merricks 0

Since signing with Australian label Hidden Shoal Records, Colorado-based Kramies Windt has forged a critically, if not necessarily commercially successful career by drawing on his European (Dutch) background, adding this to his own Appalachian roots and […]