Reflective, emotional family storytelling from Memphis troubadour. Concept albums are often quite a challenge for the artist to bring across the meaning and passion often associated with this style of release. Blake is a Memphis-based singer-songwriter […]
A search of the Americana UK website archives reveals an article announcing a string of Jeffrey Foucault UK dates for April 2020. I don’t need to tell you what happened to those. Almost exactly two years […]
Carper cooks up a stew of most American music styles of the last 70 years, and it’s tasty. With so much Country music trying to sound as AOR as possible, it’s refreshing to hear something that […]
Folk-influenced ambient dream pop? However you want to categorise it, it’s one of the best albums of 2022. Cleverley sets himself a high bar in his press release for his 4th album. “‘Broadcast The Secret Verse’ […]
A salute to a songwriter of “eloquent simplicity”. According to Ray Wylie Hubbard, “Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt and Billy Joe Shaver were the Holy Trinity of Texas songwriters”. “My favourite songwriter” is how Johnny Cash […]
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