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Julien Baker “Heatwave” – Listen

March 22, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Julien Baker’s latest single, the third from her new album ‘Little Oblivions‘, is a meditation on, well, not sweating the small stuff. Not a quiet meditation, more one that gets thrummed out on an impatient steering […]

Quarterman “(That Old Chinese Takeaway Called) Happiness” – Listen

March 22, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Quarterman is the name for the solo project of Man The Lifeboats’ lead singer and songwriter Richard James Quarterman. He’s recorded an album called ‘Carondelet‘ which is out on March 26th. The album was recorded in […]

Something for the weekend: Lucinda Williams “Save Yourself”

March 19, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it for us this week dear reader. Hope you enjoyed our countdown of our top 10 americana albums of all time – don’t worry if you’re outraged by any of the choices, we’ll be […]

Jesse Marchant “Go Lightly” – Listen

March 19, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

This new single from Jesse Marchant is available from today, and is taken from the Canadian multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and record producer’s new album ‘Antelope Running.’ ‘Go Lightly’ is a strikingly crystalline construction, the piano breathing […]

June Star “Seven Pieces” – Listen

March 18, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

June Star goes under the name Andrew Grimm in the real, and he’s a mightily productive practitioner of Americana music. ‘Seven Pieces‘ is taken off his upcoming album ‘How We See it Now,’ which is due […]

Americana Stories – Simon Lamont “Americana”

July 3, 2026 0

Simon Lamont’s contribution to our americana stories is called Americana. And it covers one of our core topics, what is americana, and why isn’t it country? Simon Lamont is an Irish writer and designer (graphic/web/garden) who […]

Classic Clips: Joni Mitchell “Coyote”, Gordon Lightfoot’s home, 1975

July 3, 2026 1

No doubt some really clued up expert on the Rolling Thunder Revue can pinpoint the actual evening that this clip comes from, but enough to say that it is footage captured whilst Joni Mitchell was on […]

Cover art for Fruit Bats album The Landfill

Fruit Bats “The Landfill”