Johnny Blue Skies

Johnny Blue Skies to release new album “Mutiny After Midnight” next week

March 3, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0

Johnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds, along with the label High Top Mountain Records, have joined forces with Atlantic Music Group’s Atlantic Outpost for the forthcoming release of Mutiny After Midnight which will be released […]

Sturgill Simpson says “Why Not?” to touring the UK and Europe in 2025

September 20, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 1

AUK says ” Brilliant News, Sturgill!” Sturgill Simpson will make his long-awaited live return to the UK and Europe next year, under his new name Johnny Blue Skies and touring under the banner of the ‘Why […]

Johnny Blue Skies “Passage Du Desir”

July 12, 2024 Paul Kerr 1

Under a pen name, country’s most radical act storms back into the picture. Johnny Blue who? Let’s not kid ourselves, “Passage Du Desir” (named for an alleyway in Paris) is the latest attempt by Sturgill Simpson […]

Sturgill Simpson announces new album under new name

June 6, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Sturgill Simpson is releasing a new album under a new name, Johnny Blue Skies, and an extensive US tour, his first for four years. The album, ‘Passage du Desir’, is out on 12th July 2024 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