Golden Smog

Paperback Riders: Brian Hinton – “South By Southwest: A Roadmap To Alternative Country”

October 27, 2023 Tim Martin 0

‘South By Southwest’ is a book that often gets suggested as a source text for those wanting to learn more about Americana. It had passed me by until recently, so with the danger of lobbing another […]

Classic Americana Albums: Golden Smog “Weird Tales”

April 19, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 8

Landing in 1998 Golden Smog’s second album distilled all the promise of the debut “Down by the Old Mainstream” into a cogent musical collaboration taken way beyond the initial excitement of collaborating with friends and co- […]

AmericanA to Z: Golden Smog

June 16, 2020 Clint West 0

Golden Smog is a loose and occasional association of musicians centring around various members of The Jayhawks, Wilco and Soul Asylum. On occasion they have also been joined by members of The Replacements, Big Star and […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Golden Smog “Glad & Sorry”

January 13, 2020 Paul Kerr 1

Following on from Wilco’s Passenger Side, I went down a Jeff Tweedy rabbit hole looking at some other projects he’s been involved in and ended up with Golden Smog. An occasional and shape-shifting combination of like-minded […]

Video: Amy Speace “Days of Letting Go” – from a poem to a song to a poem

September 11, 2026 0

The combination of beautifully poetic spoken word and pure, melodic singing in Amy Speace’s Days of Letting Go is utterly absorbing. Speace has just released a poetry collection, The Cardinals, along with this gorgeous accompanying single. […]

Fruition “Something More”

September 10, 2026 0

Dense harmonies and insightful words make this a “why haven’t I heard them before” album. Fruition say that “this album is the culmination of almost two decades of making music. We set out to show the […]

Americana Stories – John Jenkins “Just One of Those Nights”