Sharing her secrets. Given what an outstanding songwriter Lucinda Williams is, it should come as no great surprise to discover that she writes good prose as well, and this memoir has much of the sparse, dry […]
Album of amiable, home recordings of old and new songs released to mark a significant birthday. At the end of 2020, Anton O’Donnell won Americana UK’s inaugural Twang Factor, a series which provides a showcase for […]
Essential album for lovers of folk music that can proudly sit among the great albums of that genre. In an age the general public, as we are led to believe, only listen to a song for […]
Smooth, smooth sounds of summer? Opening with the lines ‘I was an angry young man’ this album attempts to wrongfoot listeners with its sentiments whilst delivering a shimmering, melodic, slowly building ballad tinged with melancholy. By […]
Beautifully crafted songwriting with Celtic roots. After only one listen ‘Lawside’ left this reviewer with an overwhelming sense of completeness. Roseanne Reid tells stories, provokes thought and explores a range of emotions without a surplus word […]
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