Marcus King

Marcus King Band return with “Darling Blue” in autumn 2025

July 15, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Marcus King Band have confirmed their new album, “Darling Blue”, is set for release on 26th September 2025 via American Records/Republic Records. It is the fourth album from the Marcus King Band and follows a series […]

Marcus King “Honky Tonk Hell” – an anthem for sobriety

May 30, 2025 Ed Donnelly 0

Marcus King raises a little ‘Honky Tonk Hell’ on his new single. The fiery guitar player returns with a track that echoes Jerry Reed and JJ Cale. Stax-style horns punctuate the choruses, and a smouldering dobro […]

Video: Marcus King “Lie, Lie, Lie”

July 21, 2022 Ed Donnelly 0

Call the fire brigade, Marcus King is trying to burn down Easy Eye Studios. The new video from King for ‘Lie, Lie, Lie’ features him performing heavy southern rock live in a power trio format at […]

Video: Marcus King “Hardworking Man”

June 9, 2022 Ed Donnelly 0

‘Hardworking Man’ is a blast of searing guitars and chugging drums. Marcus King finds himself in some trouble in this new video. A factory worker who gets involved in a heist with a beautiful woman only […]

Marcus King “El Dorado” (Fantasy Records, 2020)

March 5, 2020 Mark Johnson 2

Marcus King is a genius. Bonafide. A child prodigy on blues guitar, he experienced tragedy, suffering and struggle as a teen that came through so clearly in his first three albums, that Clapton sought him out. […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed 228 “Don’t Panic”

March 23, 2026 0

The last three weeks have been a struggle. The events in the Middle East have been horrific in their scale and scope. These are events of global significance, and if we didn’t know it then, we […]

Track Premiere: Bill Scorzari “Open Door”

March 23, 2026 0

It’s a pleasure to feature the latest single from gravel-voiced songwriter Bill Scorzari, who has his latest album, Sidereal Days (Day 2), ready to release on September 25th. Some ways off, but on today’s song, we […]

Video: Jay Buchanan “Sway” – always wanting to do it better

March 23, 2026 0

Be absorbed by this incredible performance from GRAMMY-nominated Rival Sons frontman Jay Buchanan. This intimate acoustic version of Buchanan’s solo song Sway draws all your attention to his fine voice. With incredible control, Buchanan demonstrates his […]

Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0

Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2

While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

Interviews

Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

March 4, 2026 2

At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

Videos

Video: Charley Crockett “Lonesome Drifter”

February 13, 2025 0

Here’s another cinematic video from GRAMMY Award-nominee Charley Crockett. Filmed and edited by Bobby Cochran, the visual for “Lonesome Drifter” takes you back in time, paying tribute to movies from the 1970s in its look and […]

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Americana Roots: Grayson Capps

December 4, 2020 1

American Roots highlights the freshest and most original Americana and bluegrass from across the pond in the US. It covers everything from brand-new, just out of the box bands, to cult favourites, to established acts who […]

Album Reviews

North Mississippi Allstars “Set Sail”

April 7, 2022 0

Funky strains and less Southern Rock with latest line-up. A band that has lasted twenty-five years, produced a dozen albums and survived a string of line-up changes must be doing something right. On the latest album […]

Marcus King Band return with “Darling Blue” in autumn 2025

Marcus King “Honky Tonk Hell” – an anthem for sobriety

Video: Marcus King “Lie, Lie, Lie”

Video: Marcus King “Hardworking Man”

Marcus King “El Dorado” (Fantasy Records, 2020)

Sounds from beyond the Shed 228 “Don’t Panic”

Track Premiere: Bill Scorzari “Open Door”

Video: Jay Buchanan “Sway” – always wanting to do it better

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