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Gold Light “Zephyr” (Bailey Park, 2019)

November 7, 2019 Viv Fish 0

Joe Chang, aka Gold Light, has been releasing music since 2013 from the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. ‘Zephyr‘, his fourth album, was all written, performed and mixed by Chang himself and recorded over just […]

Gig Guide
I think I probably know the answer to this question alr...
By MarkUnderwood , 25 minutes ago
RE: What are you watching at the moment?
I can't wait to watch Small Prophets, I think Mackenzie...
By Mark Whitfield , 35 minutes ago
RE: What are you watching at the moment?
Small Prophets on BBC and iPlayer is worth an (easy) wa...
By Paul Villers , 1 hour ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
The Black Crowes - Amorica
By Peter Thompson , 23 hours ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Just got a copy of Kerosene Hat album from the band Cra...
By Andy Short , 1 day ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Drive-By Truckers - Live @ Plan 9
By Joe Nathan , 1 day ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
The Grasping Straws - Shapes
By Joe Nathan , 2 days ago
RE: Useful Links - Post Them HERE
By Paul Villers , 2 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
The Pines at Night - A Year of Novembers
By Joe Nathan , 2 days ago

Behind the Songs

Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

February 10, 2026 0

From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

Interviews

Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

February 9, 2026 0

Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

Interviews

Interview: Elles Bailey on collaboration, her voice, and not taking her story away

February 3, 2026 0

When one says award-winning artist about a singer, Elles Bailey would certainly fall into this category, having been named to an impressive list, including: UK Americana Live Act of the Year, UK Blues Artist of the […]

Tracks

ARREN “Rising Sun” – new days arrive

October 30, 2025 0

To be honest ARREN doesn’t really help himself to get onto the pages of Americana UK: describing your music as having “the anthemic scale of iconic ’90s and 2000s pop-rock with the intimacy of singer-songwriter” and […]

Album Reviews

Heather Sarona “Head Above Water”

February 25, 2022 0

A fine blend of folk and bluegrass on a fine debut album Hailing from a sparsely populated and remote region of North Carolina, Heather Sarona is a latecomer to recording. She’s been playing guitar and banjo […]

Album Reviews

Cassie Jean and The Fireflies “Heart Over Head”

August 23, 2022 0

Swinging country with love and heartbreak as lyrical themes. Cassie Jean Barbaresi is a Texas-born singer-songwriter and, topically, a soccer player who stills plays and also coaches her sons’ teams. She and her partner, Rich Odato, […]