Jason Isbell

Black Deer Festival – Eridge Park, 22nd-24th June 2018

June 27, 2018 Mark Whitfield 1

Every festival I’ve been to for the last 5 years has ended up as kind of tsunami of varying proportions, and if you believe it’s all evidence of the Gods’ passing judgement on the headliners, then […]

New Isbell live album on the way

June 12, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

Jason Isbell hits the UK next week for an appearance at the Black Deer Festival down in Kent and if you can’t make it there in person, the next best thing is listening from the comfort […]

Jason Isbell sings Townes classic at Outlaws gig – Watch

May 30, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

Rolling Stone Country are carrying this clip today which you can throw yourself into below – it was recorded at the new ‘Outlaws & Armadillos: Country’s Roaring ’70s’ exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. […]

2018 Americana Music Association Awards nominees revealed

May 16, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

News in from the AMA overnight (the US version) of their list of nominees for their honours and awards for 2018, and there’s good news for Mr Isbell, Margo Price and Brandi Carlile among others – […]

Jason Isbell chats to Sam Jones about “corporate crap”

May 11, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

Rolling Stone are reporting a nice little interview this morning with Jason Isbell who talks to Sam Jones in the latest episode of the online Off Camera interview series about various things including bad music which he describes as […]

Preview: James Taylor returns to the UK next week

July 15, 2026 3

One of the most influential singer-songwriters of the modern era, James Taylor returns to the UK this month for his first London performance in three years when he takes to the stage at The O2 Arena […]

Whiskey Treaty Roadshow “Kept Rising”

July 15, 2026 0

Whiskey Treaty Roadshow proves that Democracy is strongest when it is diverse. It’s hard to pin down Whiskey Treaty Roadshow. They are all over the map, stylistically, and as a collective. Over the course of more […]

Live Review: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, British Airways ARC, London – 8th July 2026

July 15, 2026 0

And it’s off to another new venue in London, prestigiously located at Olympia in one of those surprisingly hard to get to parts of London. Few are the venues that feel the need to post outlying […]

Interviews

Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0

Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]

Interviews

Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 1

Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]

Interviews

Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Roots Music Festival

July 6, 2026 3

Americana UK’s Rick Bayles’ monthly column, Vox Continental, shines a light on what is happening on the americana front in Europe. In his most recent column, Rick gave the nod to the Static Roots Festival, which […]

Dirty Dozens

Dirty Dozen: Jessica Rhaye

January 24, 2017 1

Jessica Rhaye is a singer/songwriter from the east coast of Canada who recently released her 5th independent album “Song in Me”; a blend of folk / country / Americana music. Also an established and award winning […]

Album Reviews

Ghostwriter “Tremulant”

September 26, 2024 0

Moving and uplifting music that defies genre or predictable structure. Ghostwriter, the nom de music of writer Mark Brend, has intermittently produced music in an ambient folk space. This time regular confederates Suzy Mangion, Andrew Rumsey and Michael Weston […]

Album Reviews

Shearwater “The Great Awakening”

June 17, 2022 0

A profound meditation of the natural world. Album titles can range from the blindingly obvious to totally obscure and sometimes seem to have been created as an afterthought. Not so Shearwater’s ‘The Great Awakening’. As with […]

Black Deer Festival – Eridge Park, 22nd-24th June 2018

New Isbell live album on the way

Jason Isbell sings Townes classic at Outlaws gig – Watch

2018 Americana Music Association Awards nominees revealed

Jason Isbell chats to Sam Jones about “corporate crap”

Preview: James Taylor returns to the UK next week

Whiskey Treaty Roadshow “Kept Rising”

Live Review: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, British Airways ARC, London – 8th July 2026

Max Subar “Anything Could Be”

Park Hills Circle “All Of A Sudden” – seasons change