Album Reviews
Eliza Gilkyson “Home”
Eliza Gilkyson more than gets by with a little help from her friends. For her latest release, Eliza Gilkyson has used the pandemic to reflect on those simple pleasures that we tend to take for granted, […]
Reviews
Album Reviews
The Hackles “What A Beautiful Thing I Have Made”
The title says it all. Expanding from a duo to become a trio has worked wonders for Luke Ydstie and Kati Claborn: for their third album they’re joined, now permanently, by their neighbour, Halli Anderson from […]
Album Reviews
Laura Cantrell “Just Like A Rose – The Anniversary Sessions”
Welcome return after nine year hiatus for one of Americana’s most respected artists. “(It is) my favourite record of the last ten years and possibly my life”. Not a quote from myself but rather from legendary […]
Live Reviews
Live review: Bonnie Raitt + Gareth Dunlop, London Palladium – 3rd June 2023
Taking my seat at this beautiful old venue, I gazed across the stalls to a familiar sea of grey hair, white hair or no hair left at all. That’s par for the course with “legacy artists” […]
Album Reviews
Cowboy Junkies “Such Ferocious Beauty”
Subdued, mystical palette from Canadian titans of Americana. It is now 35 years since the release of ‘The Trinity Sessions’, a record which even now stands as a pillar in the formation of Americana music. The […]