Morton Valence

Live Review: The Long Ryders+ Morton Valence, The Fleece, Bristol – 15th October 2024

October 22, 2024 Tim Martin 0

The first thing Sid Griffin told the audience as the Long Ryders took to the stage was: “We love The Fleece; we’ve played here four maybe five times and it’s always a great night.” With the […]

Video Review of the Year 2022

December 23, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

It’s that time of year again, folks, when we look forward to some festive fun and reflect on another year that has flown by (they do seem to be getting quicker). Throughout another turbulent year, our […]

Americana UK’s top albums of 2022 – the rest of the best

December 22, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

Over the last few days we’ve been counting down our top 10 albums of 2022 which concluded yesterday with Bonny Light Horseman and The Delines holding our top two places. In the process of coming up […]

Morton Valence “Morton Valence”

November 28, 2022 Rick Thorn 0

Multi-layered enigmatic urban country music. This self-titled album is the eighth from the London duo of Robert Jessett and Anne Gilpin. It has been produced by B J Cole legendary producer and steel guitar maestro who […]

Video Premiere: Morton Valence “It’s a Brand New Morning”

November 28, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

In the latest video from Morton Valence, Anne Gilpin twists, pirouettes and high-kicks her way through a nondescript English town, rendered lifeless by the black and white footage. Her surroundings, bleached of colour, are in stark contrast […]

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

August 5, 2026 2

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers