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Kitty Coen “Cadillac” – Witch Rock in the Texas Desert

February 5, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0

Urban pop gets rural with Kitty Coen’s ‘Cadillac’. Spaghetti Western guitars float behind Coen’s breathy vocals as she spins a tale of foreboding. The production sounds at times like Lana Del Rey being produced by Stuart […]

Drew & Ellie Holcomb “”Brick By Brick” – can we build it?

February 5, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Once you’ve listened to this song it will come as no surprise that the EP of the same name will be released on Valentine’s Day. To say that this is a classic romantic country ballad would […]

Josh Fortenbery “Sewing the Same Seam” – Hot bluegrass from a cold climate

February 2, 2024 Ed Donnelly 1

‘Sewing the Same Seam’ is the lead single from Josh Fortenbery’s upcoming album ‘No Such Thing as Forever’. From the first raspy fiddle note until the end of the song, this is salt of the earth […]

Katherine Priddy “Anyway, Always” – hanging on a telephone

February 2, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Katherine Priddy has shared ‘Anyways, Always’, the third single from her forthcoming second album ‘The Pendulum Swing‘, which will be out on February 16 2024 via Cooking Vinyl. It’s a low-key folk song which perfectly showcases Katherine […]

JJ Shiplett “Oleander” – A Meditation on living a balanced life

February 1, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0

Meditative and moving, ‘Oleander’ is the new single from JJ Shiplett. A plaintive guitar melody carries through the tune as Shiplett’s vocals become more and more emotional. The rhythm section of Jeremy Friesen and Jay Stewart […]

New release from Neal Casal archives due in November

October 6, 2026 0

Book Of Stories (Home Recordings 1998–2003) is a new 12-track collection of previously unreleased songs by Neal Casal, which will be released on 6th November 2026 via the Neal Casal Music Foundation/Blackwing Music/Royal Potato Family. The […]

“A lovely, thoughtful and humorous man” – Americana UK remembers Martin Johnson

October 6, 2026 0

Back in September 2019, I received an email after one of our semi-regular call-outs for new writers to join our team which said: “After 40 years in IT and process outsourcing I am current kicking my […]

Bap Kennedy “Above All, Love”

October 6, 2026 1

Timely release of demos from the late, great Bap Kennedy. In the history of all things Americana, one of the most tragic and sad pieces of news was when one of Ireland’s finest songwriters, Bap Kennedy, […]