Seasick Steve

Album cover artwork for Seasick Steve's "A Trip A Stumble A Fall Down On Your Knees"

Seasick Steve “A Trip A Stumble A Fall Down On Your Knees”

June 21, 2024 Andrew Raw 0

The blues fused with other genres to very good effect. Just over halfway through this, Seasick Steve’s fourteenth album, comes the track ‘Funky Music’ with the words “The blues been calling me/ All of my life/ […]

Dream Team Triple Header – Suzanne Vega, Billy Bragg, Seasick Steve

March 9, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Oh, Songkick, you’re really treating us this time with your semi-random email header denoting a wondrous triple header of a gig that isn’t actually going to happen. But what if it did? How would the Queen […]

Cambridge Folk Festival reveals full line up for next weekend

July 21, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Cambridge Folk Festival have announced the full lineup and day splits ahead of next week’s event. Headliners include Gipsy Kings, Passenger, Seasick Steve, Show of Hands, and Suzanne Vega. Americana newcomers Elles Bailey, Ferris and Sylvester, […]

Video: Seasick Steve “Clock is Running”

May 14, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

The animated video for Seasick Steve’s latest single is simple yet effective. ‘Clock is Running’ is a typically rhythmic, foot-tapping song with some excellent guitar and percussion-work. The video was created during the lockdown – Steve […]

Cambridge Folk Festival announce first artists

February 10, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

With the tickets for this year’s Cambridge Folk Festival having gone on sale on the 10th of December last year it’s too late to say “this seems to come around earlier every year”. And anyway, who […]

Railcard “Unstable Neighbour” – let’s get on, ok?

August 6, 2026 0

Railcard’s new single from their debut album Two Steps At A Time, is a softly sunny power pop take on a common problem – the unreasonable person who lives next door. Tell us about it. Although […]

Video: Karl Bray “Marianne”

August 6, 2026 0

Here’s the sound of the summer; Marianne is upbeat folk from singer-songwriter Karl Bray. Featuring guitar from Paul Phillips, former member of Pooh Sticks, Marianne opens with a light strum before the song settles into its swaying […]

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 […]