Slim Chance

For The Sake Of The Song: Ronnie Lane & The Band Slim Chance “The Poacher”

May 7, 2024 Lyndon Bolton 4

I was inspired to choose ‘The Poacher’ on hearing Slim Chance perform it at a recent show to raise funds for their seriously ill guitarist Steve Simpson. This band, originally formed by Ronnie Lane, took all […]

Live Review: UK Americana Music Week – AMAUK UK Showcases, Hackney Venues, 24th January 2024

February 14, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

And so, back again to Central Hackney, an area of London particularly blessed with music venues in close proximity to each other, for another go around the AMAUK Americanafest Showcases. And without the need to pick […]

AmericanaFest Showcase Preview – 24th January 2024, Hackney Venues

January 24, 2024 Jonathan Aird 3

Well, did you have a good Tuesday? Ready to go again into the AmericanaFest Showcases? It’s the same deal as last night – the Americana Music Association UK (AMA-UK) have total control over Moth Club, Paper […]

Interview: Slim Chance’s Steve Simpson on preserving Ronnie Lane’s music

July 6, 2021 Martin Johnson 2

Ronnie Lane called them Slim Chance but they are still here nearly fifty years later. Ronnie Lane is one of the great British songwriters whose work stands comparison with that of Ray Davies and Pete Townshend, […]

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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 […]

Something for the weekend: Brown Horse “Wreck”

March 20, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week and we leave you dear reader with a new song from British slacker twang quartet Brown Horse, the third and final single from their upcoming album Total Dive […]

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 […]

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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 […]

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Black Deer Festival announces more acts including (wait for it..) Kiefer Sutherland!

March 6, 2018 0

After the first line-up announcement for the UK’s newest Americana & Country shindig, Black Deer Festival which takes place in Kent at the end of June, more acts have been added to the bill. Joining Iron & […]

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Interview: Kevin Gordon on “The In-Between”

February 26, 2025 0

A lifetime searching for life’s sweet spot and honouring his Louisiana heritage. “The In-Between” is Kevin Gordon’s most distinctive release so far. It is not beholden to the sweet slide guitar and blues rock of 2018’s […]

Album Reviews

Kathy Zimmer “Sparkling Smile” (Independent, 2019)

April 30, 2019 1

Following the 2018 release of ‘White Noise’, Kathy Zimmer’s new EP, ‘Sparkling Smile’, continues to develop her self-styled cosmopolitan folk sound. Once again, she effectively pulls off the trick of sounding warmly familiar and yet entirely […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Ronnie Lane & The Band Slim Chance “The Poacher”

Live Review: UK Americana Music Week – AMAUK UK Showcases, Hackney Venues, 24th January 2024

AmericanaFest Showcase Preview – 24th January 2024, Hackney Venues

Interview: Slim Chance’s Steve Simpson on preserving Ronnie Lane’s music

Track Premiere: Bill Scorzari “Open Door”

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

Something for the weekend: Brown Horse “Wreck”

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