Crys Matthews

Americana UK’s Top 20 albums of 2025: the rest of the best

December 18, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

We will be publishing our albums of the year from tomorrow starting with numbers 20-11, as chosen by AUK’s writing team. But which albums almost made the list? Here are those which didn’t quite reach the […]

Crys Matthews “Reclamation”

February 5, 2025 Rick Thorn 0

A harsh bright light shone into America’s darkest corners. ‘Reclamation’ has the potential to become an exceptionally powerful album coming as it has in the current political environment. Matthews identifies as a black, butch lesbian who […]

Let’s Get Some Stones For Avalon – A Year In Tracks

December 19, 2024 Jonathan Aird 2

Stones dot the landscape, marks of older times now gone but vaguely recalled or at least felt subconsciously, a connection made through elapsed years. And the annual Track roundup is a bit like that as well […]

Crys Matthews “Cancel Culture” – right on, just right on

November 1, 2024 Jonathan Aird 1

Now there is a danger, we are warned, from listening to things that we agree with whole heartedly. We’ll be narrowing our viewpoints, we won’t be seeing the other side, we’ll miss the bigger picture. You […]

Casii Stephan “Law & Order” – featuring Crys Matthews and Jay Burgess

October 9, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

So, sometimes what happens is that it just seems more appropriate to let the artists’ statements do the talking, and this is certainly a case where trademark flippancy is really not appropriate. So – Casii Stephan’s […]