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Brian Fallon “Local Honey” (Thirty Tigers, 2020)

May 7, 2020 Paul Kerr 0

On his third solo outing, Brian Fallon, by now well away from the New Jersey garage band sound of Gaslight Anthem, moves further into the realm of introspective singer song writing. ‘Local Honey’ is a short […]

Sylvia Rose Novak “Bad Luck” (Independent, 2020)

May 7, 2020 Mark Nenadic 0

Here we find the sweetest of voices, but there’s clearly bad news and ‘Bad Luck’ up ahead in these songs from Alabama native Sylvia Rose Novak. She delivers an uncomplicated, simple sound; vocally reminiscent of Rosanne […]

B. Knox “Heartbreak & Landscape” (Three Mast, 2020)

May 6, 2020 Tim Martin 0

B. Knox’s debut album pulls on most of the threads of Americana. Pedal steel guitar and a stately pace mark out opener ‘Deep Dark Love’, and a Neil Young guitar line shapes ‘Corners’. Barroom piano punctuates […]

A Choir Of Ghosts “An Ounce of Gold” (Greywood Records, 2020)

May 6, 2020 Sean Hannam 0

According to his press biog, Sweden-based, British-born ‘alt-folk’ singer-songwriter James Auger has spent several years trying to find his place in the world. Judging by his debut album, ‘An Ounce of Gold’, released under the pseudonym […]

Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real “Naked Garden” (Fantasy Records, 2020)

May 6, 2020 Martin Johnson 0

Last June’s ‘Turn Off The News (Build A Garden)’ was Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real’s eighth and most successful album – it was also their best to date. ‘Naked Garden’ is an album of […]

Sufjan Stevens at Celebrate Brooklyn 2011

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Sufjan Stevens

September 30, 2026 0

The Americana UK archives are not exactly rammed with Sufjan Stevens content. Andrew Frolish selected the sublime John Wayne Gacy, Jr. for his Chain Gang feature in 2022 (here). Otherwise, there are a few ‘guest appearance’ […]

Artwork for Nive Nielsen and The Deer Children's album "My Mother's Name"

Nive Nielsen and The Deer Children “My Mother’s Name”

September 30, 2026 0

Wandering songwriter returns with first album in a decade: lessons in melodic self-definition ensue. “I don’t plan, and I don’t plan to stop”. The opening line to the first and title track of My Mother’s Name […]

Cover art for David Banks album "All The Dreams We Left Behind"

David Banks “All The Dreams We Left Behind”

September 30, 2026 0

Former Whybirds guitarist and co-writer delivers a sophomore album replete with anthemic songs infused with arena rock. It is now over seven years since David Banks released his debut album, Until The End, which saw the […]