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Kendra Amalie “Intuition” (Beyond Beyond Is Beyond, 2019)

September 24, 2019 Helen Jones 0

Musically, Kendra Almalie is someone who is hard to put in a box, but on her debut album she offers up an ethereal sonic richness that conjures up comparisons to the likes of PJ Harvey at […]

Lisa Bastoni “How We Want to Live” (Independent, 2019)

September 23, 2019 Viv Fish 0

Hailing from progressive Massachusetts, and labelled as ‘folk’ award-winning Bastoni, it seems, actually keeps her feet firmly rooted in traditional country music. Many of the tracks on this album, mostly a collection of break-up songs all […]

Silver Lake 66 “Ragged Heart” (Independent, 2019)

September 23, 2019 Elise Kennedy 0

‘Ragged Heart’ by duo Silver Lake 66 defines what modern-day Americana music is. Taking its influences from classical country music, folk and a little bit of blues, it falls into similar realms as The Civil Wars. […]

Dallas Burrow “Southern Wind” (Subliminal Hyminal, 2019)

September 23, 2019 Ewan Lury 0

When you look at who Dallas Burrow is playing alongside on his debut album, you can only think that this album is going to be as career-defining as he hopes it will be. With names such […]

Harvey Russell “Liquid Damage” (Independent, 2019)

September 23, 2019 Alan Fitter 0

If you listen to Harvey Russell’s new album ‘Liquid Damage’ on SoundCloud, then there are three hashtags: #Americana (we’ll come back to that), #honkytonk (lots of that on the album) and #alt-country. Well this album shouldn’t really […]

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Fruit Bats “That Goddamn Sun” – when will it be my time

May 14, 2026 0

It was all going so well, wasn’t it? We had a theme – a great theme – running through this week’s Tracks and now we’ve gone and thrown it all away. Alas. Alack. Oh well, let’s […]

Video Premiere: Bob Sumner “Baby I Know”

May 14, 2026 0

We’re delighted to premiere the latest video from Canadian singer-songwriter Bob Sumner. Baby I Know is a typically melodic, country-infused ballad that showcases Sumner’s outstanding voice. Smooth and resonant, sweetly melancholic, rising high before dipping low […]

Behind the Songs: Thin Lear

May 13, 2026 0

The songs on Thin Lear’s sophomore album Many Disappeared are tied to each other not in their locale or their cast of characters, but instead in strange tragedies that have taken place, some many years ago. Current […]