Riley Catherall

Cover art for Riley Catherall EP "Venture In Vain"

More People Should Really Know About: Riley Catherall

December 9, 2025 Graeme Tait 0

For those of you who, as of yet, have not discovered the undoubted talent that is Riley Catherall, he is a singer-songwriter, originally from the Canberra area of Australia, but now based out of Melbourne, who […]

Preview: Glasgow Americana Festival, 1st-5th October

September 25, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

The 19th annual Glasgow Americana festival will take place at various places around the city between 1st and 5th October 2025 with a mixture of some familiar and new faces. There will be over 40 musicians […]

Live Review: Alan Fletcher, The Bedford, Balham, London – 22nd July 2025

July 30, 2025 Lyndon Bolton 0

As no doubt many readers will have instantly recognised, this is the same Alan Fletcher who plays Dr Karl Kennedy in the Australian TV drama ‘Neighbours’. Readers will also recognise Alan Fletcher, the singer/songwriter from AUK’s […]

Riley Catherall live at the Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey - 9th August 2024

Live Review: Riley Catherall + Emily Lawler, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey, 9th August 2024

August 15, 2024 Graeme Tait 2

Early August, and at last summer would appear to have arrived, as the recent rise in temperature encouraged sparsely clad holidaymakers to hook up their caravans and head for the coast, competing for road space with […]

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Elgin and the Marbles “The Sun Never Sets”

March 23, 2026 0

An ambitious debut album that bravely tackles some very British subjects with an americana-folk twang. The genre may be americana – and America is most certainly struggling with its own set of problems right now – […]

Jack Studer “Falling Forward”

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An album with some credible moments and interesting songs which lay the foundations for his solo career. Country music can divide opinion at the best of times. It’s praised for its tropes and cliches as often […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

Album Reviews

Laura Marling “Patterns In Repeat”

November 12, 2024 0

Marling’s eighth studio album is a deceptively simplistic offering that permeates a sense of contentment throughout. Laura Marling began work on “Pattern In Repeat”, shortly after the birth of her daughter, and first child, back in […]

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Interview with Alan Tyler

August 15, 2018 1

It’s no exaggeration to say that Alan Tyler has probably done more than just about anyone in the UK to keep the torch of americana music burning since the early ’90s. Alan and Steve Pulford […]

Album Reviews

Woody Guthrie “Woody At Home- Vol 1+2”

September 26, 2025 1

These home recordings of previously unreleased songs, including some previously not recorded, are a great historical document. The story of this album starts when Woody Guthrie got his first publishing deal in 1950 with Howie Richmond’s […]

More People Should Really Know About: Riley Catherall

Preview: Glasgow Americana Festival, 1st-5th October

Live Review: Alan Fletcher, The Bedford, Balham, London – 22nd July 2025

Live Review: Riley Catherall + Emily Lawler, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey, 9th August 2024

Elgin and the Marbles “The Sun Never Sets”

Jack Studer “Falling Forward”

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