Strangeways

Ian James Stewart “Articana” (Independent, 2017)

November 7, 2017 Paul Kerr 0

Cast your mind back to the eighties and the age of poodle haired AOR (Album Orientated Rock) bands and it’s the likes of Foreigner and Journey who come to mind. Some delving reveals that a […]

Cover for Rick Shea lp Love and Desperation

Rick Shea “Love and Desperation”

Album Reviews

February 26, 2021 0

Cali-country veteran ponders life to an accordion-driven soundtrack We Brits might call Rick Shea an Angeleno, his press might style him as a Covina singer-songwriter but when it comes down to it this, his 9th [...]

Corner House “Caribou Party”

Album Reviews

February 25, 2021 0

A fresh take on earthy old-time string music and Celtic folk from Boston quartet Corner House Corner House are a young string band quartet based in New England, with Ethan Setiawan on mandolin and mandola, [...]

Album Reviews

XIXA “Genesis”

February 24, 2021 0

A glorious trip through the dark underbelly of Tucson desert rock First off. Who on earth could resist a band who list as influences, ‘70s Spaghetti Westerns and ‘80s horror films, Edgar Allan Poe and [...]

Album Reviews

Chris Pierce “American Silence”

February 23, 2021 0

Passionate, well-constructed, generously-spirited protest music that can’t be ignored. There’s a quote attributed to Americana/folk musician Todd Snider out there where he says ‘I didn’t write this song to change people’s minds, I wrote it [...]

Album Reviews

Jesse Brewster “The Lonely Pines”

February 22, 2021 1

A very assured outing by a roots music renaissance man who can do it all. To be adept at Americana in the full sense of what this genre is supposed to represent, you simply just [...]

Something for the weekend: Jackson Browne “Fountain of Sorrow – Live”

Other stuff

February 26, 2021 1

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. Earlier this week our writer Rick Bayles discussed Jackson Browne’s ‘Late for the Sky’ in our Classic Americana Albums series which he described as “an […]

Americana Roots: Andrew McConathy & the Drunken Hearts

Americana Roots

February 26, 2021 0

Americana Roots highlights the freshest and most original Americana and bluegrass from across the pond in the US. It covers everything from brand-new, just out of the box bands, to cult favourites, to established acts […]

Pick of the Political Pops: The Raconteurs “You Don’t Understand Me”

Columns

February 26, 2021 0

This week we were (once again) amused that Facebook was in the news this time in a face-off with the Australian government. The argument was pitched by the vast majority of the mainstream media worldwide […]

Rick Shea “Love and Desperation”

Album Reviews

February 26, 2021 0

Black Deer and Red Rooster are on for 2021!

News

February 26, 2021 0

Some good news for americana festival goers this year, as both Red Rooster and Black Deer looked like taking a hiatus for a second year due to falling foul of the government’s recent lockdown relaxation […]

Ian James Stewart “Articana” (Independent, 2017)

Interview: John John Brown on mixing music with photographs and comics

Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on East Nashville, Willie Nelson and the New York Dolls

Interview: Langhorne Slim on tackling prescription medicine addiction and writer’s block

Interview: A. J. Croce talks songwriting, his new covers album and getting on Willie’s bus

Interview: Pony Bradshaw on Georgia, displaced Southerners and Calico Jim

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