Karen Jonas

Karen Jonas “The Rise and Fall of American Kitsch”

August 9, 2024 Tim Martin 0

Using throwaway tat to make serious points about our world, this is an album of great songs that make you ponder. Karen Jonas means business right from the start of ‘Rich Man’s Valley’ which has a […]

Video: Karen Jonas “Gold in the Sand”

July 30, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

Check out this recent single from Virginia based singer-songwriter Karen Jonas. Fluttering guitar and gorgeous piano rise from layers of vintage instrumentation, including flourishes of pedal steel by Ahren Buchheister and fiddle from Bobby Hawk, in […]

Video Review of the Year 2023

December 22, 2023 Andrew Frolish 1

Is it really that time of year already? Oh, yes it is. It’s time to prepare for some festive, frolicking fun and to look forward to whatever madness 2024 will bring. First, though, we need to […]

Karen Jonas, Live at Newbald Village Hall, 26th August 2023

Live Review: Karen Jonas, Newbald Village Hall, North Newbald, Yorkshire – 26th August 2023

September 7, 2023 Graeme Tait 2

Situated approximately 24 miles southeast of the minster city of York, the small village of Newbald and its Village Hall certainly punches above its weight in attracting quality acts if tonight’s headliners are anything to go […]

Karen Jonas “The Restless”

March 6, 2023 David Jarman 0

Virginia-based Jonas and her touring band bring a fine set of self-penned songs for her 6th album release. ‘The Restless’ is Karen Jonas’ sixth album release, following her well-received 2020 release ‘The Southwest Sky and Other […]

Freddy Trujillo takes flight with his fifth solo album

August 6, 2026 0

For more than two decades, Freddy Trujillo has quietly built one of the most distinctive careers in American roots music. Whether anchoring the rhythm section as bassist for Richmond Fontaine and The Delines or as a […]

Railcard “Unstable Neighbour” – let’s get on, ok?

August 6, 2026 0

Railcard’s new single from their debut album Two Steps At A Time, is a softly sunny power pop take on a common problem – the unreasonable person who lives next door. Tell us about it. Although […]

Video: Karl Bray “Marianne”

August 6, 2026 0

Here’s the sound of the summer; Marianne is upbeat folk from singer-songwriter Karl Bray. Featuring guitar from Paul Phillips, former member of Pooh Sticks, Marianne opens with a light strum before the song settles into its swaying […]

Karen Jonas “The Rise and Fall of American Kitsch”

Video: Karen Jonas “Gold in the Sand”

Video Review of the Year 2023

Live Review: Karen Jonas, Newbald Village Hall, North Newbald, Yorkshire – 26th August 2023

Karen Jonas “The Restless”

Freddy Trujillo takes flight with his fifth solo album

Railcard “Unstable Neighbour” – let’s get on, ok?

Video: Karl Bray “Marianne”

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

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”