Kevin Gordon

Essentials: The Top 10 Digital Live Albums in 2025

December 18, 2025 Dean Nardi 1

A quirky and amusing take in our occasional Essentials series looks at the best live digital-only releases in 2025 This exciting and fun way of listening to live music recordings is a new wrinkle on the […]

Interview: Kevin Gordon on “The In-Between”

February 26, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

A lifetime searching for life’s sweet spot and honouring his Louisiana heritage. “The In-Between” is Kevin Gordon’s most distinctive release so far. It is not beholden to the sweet slide guitar and blues rock of 2018’s […]

Kevin Gordon “The In Between”

October 22, 2024 Andy Davidson 0

“Just a dude pushing through to the end of the in-between”. A sexagenarian dude no less, nobody can argue that Kevin Gordon is anything but tenacious. For the best part of thirty years Gordon has put […]

Kevin Gordon “You Can’t Hurt Me No More” – love, and a subtext

August 30, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Kevin Gordon’s new single ‘You Can’t Hurt Me No More‘ – co-written with Kim Richey – is a slow burning rocker, and is taken from his new album ‘The In Between.‘ It’s obviously a love song […]

Americana Stories – Stuart Anderson “The Doubts That Make Us Strong”

October 8, 2026 0

Stuart Anderson concludes our Americana Stories series with The Doubts That Make Us Strong. Stuart says: I’m a retired network engineer who was shown three guitar chords by a good friend at school, and who hasn’t […]

The Male Pattern “I Was Shot In The Heart”

October 8, 2026 0

A dramatic modern-day tale of alienation and its tragic consequences, skilfully and humourously told by an expert storyteller. This record is a humorous, disconcerting yet ultimately riveting soap opera. Its episodic nature makes you want to […]

Élise LeBlanc “Lavender Honey” – honkey-tonk romance

October 8, 2026 0

Ah, Lavender Honey, is there anything sweeter and yet so aromatic? Better than clover honey. Élise LeBlanc agrees, it seems, although…we are not 100% sure that we’re thinking of the same thing. Well, let’s rejoice in […]

Interviews

Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music

October 1, 2026 0

The songs of John Watts, whether in his band Fischer-Z, in his other bands or as a solo artist, aren’t technically Americana, but everything in their construction and recording has the feel of exactly what Americana […]

Interviews

Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

September 29, 2026 2

Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0

If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final track on Maya de Vitry’s 2026 release, but […]

Album Reviews

Fellow Pynins “Lady Mondegreen”

June 30, 2022 0

Sensitive crafting of original folk for a new generation. At first glance the appeal of an album of reworked traditional music might be limited only to the folk purist. But if applied to this second release […]

Album Reviews

Rodney Rice “Rodney Rice”

May 18, 2023 0

Different direction for Nashville musician and it’s a winner. It’s always fascinating when artists choose to release eponymous albums – sometimes it’s their debut release, or it’s simply when the artists feels it’s the right time. […]

Album Reviews

Karen Jonas “The Restless”

March 6, 2023 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 […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Digital Live Albums in 2025

Interview: Kevin Gordon on “The In-Between”

Kevin Gordon “The In Between”

Kevin Gordon “You Can’t Hurt Me No More” – love, and a subtext

Americana Stories – Stuart Anderson “The Doubts That Make Us Strong”

The Male Pattern “I Was Shot In The Heart”

Élise LeBlanc “Lavender Honey” – honkey-tonk romance

Video Premiere: Wyatt Lowe “Deserts” – Let me lay down and rest

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Old Crow Medicine Show