Nathan Bell

Small Venue Heroes: Nathan Bell

November 1, 2022 Paul Kerr 0

Nathan Bell’s first stab at fame ran foul of the increasing assembly line approach required by the Nashville music industry in the 1980s. Unwilling to play their game he quit and had a regular job for […]

Live review: Nathan Bell + Malcolm MacWatt @The Fallen Angels Club, The Glad Cafe, Glasgow -15th September 2022

September 20, 2022 Paul Kerr 0

It seems like only yesterday that Nathan Bell was playing his first post covid gig here in the UK, after being laid off for two years, but on checking, it was in October last year. Time […]

Video Premiere: Nathan Bell “To Each of Us, A Shadow”

September 2, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

We are delighted to premiere the latest video from AUK-favourite Nathan Bell. ‘To Each of Us, A Shadow’ is a typically emotionally resonant song from the Tennessee singer-songwriter. Known for the depth and beauty of his […]

Nathan Bell + Kirsteen Harvey, Glasgow Americana Festival, The Admiral bar, Glasgow, 30th September 2021

October 5, 2021 Paul Kerr 0

With the pandemic still heavy in the air and US acts stuck on a tightrope as to whether to tour or not to tour abroad, it was heart-warming to learn that Nathan Bell had been jabbed […]

Nathan Bell “Red, White and American Blues (It Couldn’t Happen Here)”

October 4, 2021 Helen Jones 0

An honest and well-written take on America is elevated by some outstanding featured artists. In 1935 American author Sinclair Lewis published a novel entitled ‘It Can’t Happen Here’ in which he described the rise of an […]

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Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

March 23, 2026 0

Dead Goat has announced the release of their first album, which is self-titled and comes out this Friday (26th March) via AV8 Records. Who are they, you ask? Well, individually, they are each accomplished artists in […]

Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

March 23, 2026 0

Superb fourth from Canadian song thrush. Mud Blood Bone is Cat Clyde’s fourth album and arrives just over four years since its predecessor, Down Rounder. In between times, Clyde released a live album, Live At Rare […]

For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

March 23, 2026 0

Marah is at their best when singing about lonely urban streets where bums warm their hands around trash fires in rusty 50-gallon cans, transvestite prostitutes wrap their feather boas a little tighter against an unforgiving 4:00 […]

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 […]

Tracks

Gillian Welch “Peace In The Valley” – Listen

November 5, 2020 0

Gillian Welch continues the release of rare recordings and demos with the latest instalment of her archival series ‘Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 3.‘ Today’s song is a moving rendition of the tale of […]

News

The Innocence Mission to issue first album in four years

September 5, 2024 0

The Innocence Mission (lower case) has announced the release of their new album “Midwinter Swimmers” on 29th November 2024 via Bella Union. The first studio album from the innocence mission in four years, “Midwinter Swimmers” sounds familiar while being […]

Live Reviews

Transatlantic Sessions, Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge, 7th February 2017

February 10, 2017 1

The Transatlantic Sessions have become an eagerly awaited annual event which sees Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham joined by an ever changing array of talents from the folk and Americana scenes on both sides of the […]

Small Venue Heroes: Nathan Bell

Live review: Nathan Bell + Malcolm MacWatt @The Fallen Angels Club, The Glad Cafe, Glasgow -15th September 2022

Video Premiere: Nathan Bell “To Each of Us, A Shadow”

Nathan Bell + Kirsteen Harvey, Glasgow Americana Festival, The Admiral bar, Glasgow, 30th September 2021

Nathan Bell “Red, White and American Blues (It Couldn’t Happen Here)”

Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

Elgin and the Marbles “The Sun Never Sets”

Jack Studer “Falling Forward”