Lauren Housley

“I’ll Take You There” documentary premieres today on YouTube

March 12, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

Alabama’s Musical and Civil Rights legacy takes centre stage in a brand new documentary film entitled I’ll Take You There: Discovering the Sound of Alabama, which premieres today at 8 pm GMT on YouTube. The cast […]

Live Review: Americana Music Association UK Awards, Hackney Church, London – 25th January 2024

February 9, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

The crowning event of the annual UK Americana Music Week (aka AmericanaFest) organised by the Americana Music Association UK (AMAUK) is the awards show, held this year at Hackney Church which marks something of a homecoming […]

Lauren Housley & The Northern Cowboys, live at The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey. 4th November 2023.

Live Review: Lauren Housley & The Northern Cowboys + Stella Prince, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 4th November 2023

November 15, 2023 Graeme Tait 2

The persistent rain may have put a damper on proceedings for the weekend’s bonfire festivities but it clearly was no deterrent for the enthusiastic congregation that had crammed into Lincolnshire’s premier Americana Music venue at the […]

Preview: Award-winning Sheffield songwriter Lauren Housley & The Northern Cowboys starts UK tour tomorrow

October 11, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Award-winning Sheffield songwriter Lauren Housley & The Northern Cowboys lick off 8 live dates across the UK starting tomorrow night in Saltaire. The singer-songwriter and mother of two has already made her mark in the world […]

John Grant and Richard Hawley, The Barbican, London – 24th September 2023

October 5, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

John Grant with Richard Hawley and his band (on guitar and lap steel Shez Sheridan, master of keyboards John Trier, Dean Beresford on drums and on bass Colin Elliot), brought their tribute to Patsy Cline to […]

Icarus Phoenix “Choke” – and now I can barely speak

August 7, 2026 0

And to end the week on Tracks we have a new release from Icarus Phoenix, the Baltimore-based, Montana/Utah-rooted band led by Drew Danburry. Choke is a song that Drew tells us “is about running away from […]

Video Premiere: Izzie Walsh “I Need You More”

August 7, 2026 0

Here is the moody new video from Manchester singer-songwriter Izzie Walsh. Full of unresolved musical and lyrical tension, I Need You More is an emotive, atmospheric song, featuring a powerful performance from Walsh. Opening with delicate finger-picked […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Samantha Crain Songs

August 6, 2026 0

March, 2026, walking down Islington High Street in the rain, heading for the hallowed Union Chapel, the anticipation of seeing Samantha Crain live was palpable. Too many years had gone by since a summer night at […]