Jenny Owen Youngs

Jenny Owen Youngs “Someone’s Ex” – you, me, them…everybody

October 2, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

This new single from Jenny Owen Youngs was recorded during the sessions for her most recent album ‘Avalanche.‘ It’s a dreamy love song with an undercurrent of anxiety as Youngs sings: “Everybody’s having fun / Hoping […]

Live Review: UK Americana Music Week – AMAUK UK Showcases, Hackney Venues, 23rd January 2024

February 12, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

It goes without saying that the annual AmericanaFest Showcases organised by the AMAUK as part of their Conference is always a highlight of the year. With four venues (Moth Club, Paper Dress Vintage, Night Tales, Oslo) […]

Live Review: The Milk Carton Kids + Jenny Owen Youngs, The Barbican, London – 19th January 2024

February 1, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Five years to the day, Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale returned to The Barbican’s main hall, with their latest album ‘Only See the Moon’ which has garnered the kind of reviews that The Milk Carton Kids […]

AmericanaFest Showcase Preview – 23rd January 2024, Hackney Venues

January 23, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Well, here at last, here at last, the wonder that is AmericanaFest is finally with us. The Americana Music Association UK (AMA-UK) are taking over four venues and five stages tonight with a grand total of […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 124

December 15, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

It all becomes a bit too much… for everyone! Is it an age thing? I don’t think so. Talking with both daughter and grandchildren we all agreed on one thing. This fucking Christmas nonsense goes on […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 2

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers

August 5, 2026 0

Includes tracks from My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams and MJ Lenderman among others. Cinema Music Group, Killphonic Records, and City Slang have announced Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2 – Out of […]