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Kris Kelly “Runaways” (Independent, 2019)

July 1, 2019 Linda Jameson 0

Kris Kelly’s self-released album ‘Runaways’ is packed full of evocative lyrics and otherworldly vocals set to a backdrop of chamber pop and folky guitars. Kelly wrote the album following a stint travelling in South America. It […]

Alias Patrick Kelly “An Unclaimed Inheritance” (Independent, 2019)

July 1, 2019 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

If your thing is grunge-flavoured, rock-powered Americana with a steely-eyed take on modern US working-class life, then Alias Patrick Kelly’s ‘An Unclaimed Inheritance’ EP is almost certainly going to be right up your street. On the […]

Remnose “Waiting On The Wind” (Independent, 2019)

June 28, 2019 Steven Howlett 1

‘Waiting On The Wind’ is the new album from Remnose, an indie-folk/rock band based in Detroit. The band are made up of brothers Morton (Marlon on lead vocal and rhythm guitar and Carson on drums) plus […]

Dean Maywood “Dean Maywood” (Independent, 2019)

June 28, 2019 Elise Kennedy 1

Dean Maywood is an Irish born singer-songwriter, who has played extensively live in both Ireland and the US. This musical experience has influenced his musical journey with traces of bluegrass in his playing. His debut EP […]

Native Harrow “Happier Now” (Loose Music, 2019)

June 27, 2019 Jim Finnie 1

Let’s get straight to the point. This is a captivating, almost mesmeric album of the highest quality. That last sentence alone will tell you what is to come during the rest of this review but let’s […]

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Something for the weekend: Brown Horse “Wreck”

March 20, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week and we leave you dear reader with a new song from British slacker twang quartet Brown Horse, the third and final single from their upcoming album Total Dive […]

Danny George Wilson “Arcade”

March 20, 2026 1

Danny George Wilson delivers a reflective and beautifully crafted set of songs exploring loss, memory, and the difficult business of moving on. Danny George Wilson follows up the Danny & The Champions of the World album, […]

Thomas Dollbaum enlists MJ Lendeman and friends for his latest album

March 20, 2026 0

Tampa-born, New Orleans-based singer/songwriter Thomas Dollbaum has announced his new album Birds of Paradise, “a goodbye letter to lost loved ones and former selves,” which will come out on May 22 via Dear Life Records, and […]

Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0

Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2

While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

Interviews

Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

March 4, 2026 2

At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

Continental Shift

Continental Shift 4. Germany

December 12, 2024 5

Americana in one of Europe’s largest music markets. We’re now into the second half of this series and it marks a move away from those countries where americana music is quite marginalised to a set of […]

Album Reviews

Tyler Childers “Snipe Hunter”

August 5, 2025 0

Memorable opener paves the way for another high-class album from the formidable Mr Childers. There are some albums that start in a rather low-key manner. Albums that worm their way surreptitiously into the subconscious after a […]

News

Sturgill Simpson joins fight against scalpers

March 3, 2017 0

Reassuring of course that the whole world is getting screwed and not just us. News from Rolling Stone this morning: “When Pearl Jam launched their now infamous fight against Ticketmaster in 1994, trying to protect concertgoers […]

Kris Kelly “Runaways” (Independent, 2019)

Alias Patrick Kelly “An Unclaimed Inheritance” (Independent, 2019)

Remnose “Waiting On The Wind” (Independent, 2019)

Dean Maywood “Dean Maywood” (Independent, 2019)

Native Harrow “Happier Now” (Loose Music, 2019)

Something for the weekend: Brown Horse “Wreck”

Danny George Wilson “Arcade”

Thomas Dollbaum enlists MJ Lendeman and friends for his latest album

Classic Clips: Brown Horse “Wipers”, Newport 2024

Jim Lauderdale “Country Super Hits Volume 2”