The Delevantes

Our top americana albums of 2021 – Part Three

December 22, 2021 Mark Whitfield 1

Over the last couple of days we have counted down our top albums of 2021, with the Felice Brothers triumphantly taking our album of the year slot. But what about those artists who just missed out? […]

The Delevantes “A Thousand Turns”

September 17, 2021 Rick Bayles 1

No longer young, still gifted and back. Just over a year ago, The Delevantes were featured in what was, then, our “Forgotten Artists” series (now called “Whatever Happened To…”). At the time it was noted that […]

Video: The Delevantes “Little By Little”

August 5, 2021 Cam Fraser 0

Part of the bedrock of alt.country, the Delevantes make a welcome return with a brand new single, ‘Little By Little‘ ahead of the album, ‘A Thousand Turns‘. Brought up in a working-class New Jersey family, brothers […]

Forgotten Artists – The Delevantes

July 8, 2020 Rick Bayles 2

Bob and Mike Delevante arrived on the scene in the early ‘90s and immediately set ears buzzing. Combining Everly Brothers-style harmonies with Springsteen-esque songs of working-class lives, they attracted the support of industry luminaries such as […]

Songs for the apocalypse: The Delevantes “Suitcase of Leather”

May 21, 2020 Mark Whitfield 1

The Delevantes have been around for over three decades now, the band consisting of brothers Bob and Mike Delevante from Nashville, Tennesse. Way back in the late-nineties when my americana genes were still not quite fully […]

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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 […]

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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

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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

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Peter Stone “Cogs” – a spectrum of love

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Videos

Video: The Burner Band “Block Out The S*n”

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Video: Nadine Khouri “Vertigo”

November 18, 2022 0

Here’s the atmospheric new single from Nadine Khouri. ‘Vertigo’ is built upon pulsing, rhythmic bass and layers of keys, over which Khouri’s resonant vocal is superb. Towards the end, the song builds towards the moment when […]

Our top americana albums of 2021 – Part Three

The Delevantes “A Thousand Turns”

Video: The Delevantes “Little By Little”

Forgotten Artists – The Delevantes

Songs for the apocalypse: The Delevantes “Suitcase of Leather”

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”