Tracks
A year down the Tracks
What does a year in the Tracks really mean? On the one hand running the Tracks feature (and we’re sweeping up all other new music Tracks under that banner) means that there will be a lot […]
Lou Dalgleish
Features
Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Andy Raw
Under Andy Short’s recent Top 10, there was praise from a reader for his choices that had “objectivity and historical context” as opposed to others, which had been “Some songs I like”. The reader, it has […]
Tracks
Michael Weston King “Sally Sparkles” / Lou Dalgleish “The Empty Swing”
The americana community in the UK is fairly close-knit so many of you will know already that one of the little girls who died in Southport over the summer was Bebe King, the granddaughter of Michael […]
Live Reviews
Live Review: My Darling Clementine, The Stoller Hall, Manchester – 23rd November 2023
The Stoller Hall isn’t the sort of venue where you’d normally expect to see the likes of My Darling Clementine. Part of the famed Chetham’s Music School, it’s a custom-built room that’s spare and somewhat brutal […]
Essentials
Essentials: The Top 10 My Darling Clementine songs
This week’s Essentials considers some homegrown americana talent. My Darling Clementine, who are husband and wife Michael Weston King and Lou Dalgleish, are from Southport and Birmingham respectively. They started recording together after 10 years of […]