The Handsome Family

Songs for the apocalypse: The Handsome Family “So Much Wine”

January 16, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

The Handsomes are one of those bands that feel so synonymous with what the americana genre means to me I feel they should be on the front of textbooks, with that rich combination of melody, atmosphere […]

The Handsomes cover Wilco – Listen

November 15, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

November’s issue of Uncut Magazine has got a free cover CD which features some of Jeff Tweedy’s favourite artists covering Wilco songs. The album includes covers by artists such as Kurt Vile, Sharon Van Etten, Low, […]

The Handsome Family, Nell’s Jazz and Blues, London, 22nd October 2018

October 29, 2018 Mark Underwood 0

The last time the Handsome Family visited these shores they played the Grade II listed Hackney Round Chapel, an appropriate venue for their 20 year celebration of the ‘Through The Trees’ album. Tonight’s end-of-tour performance is […]

The Handsome Family, Hackney Round Chapel, 15th March 2018

March 20, 2018 Mark Underwood 0

“For us to have Loose Records here tonight and for us to still be married…” is Rennie Sparks’s wryly improbable reflection towards the beginning of this evening’s performance in Hackney – a nice acknowledgement of the […]

Van Life: Rennie Sparks (The Handsome Family)

March 16, 2018 Del Day 1

Got to be honest, there probably isn’t a square mile of the US or Europe that Brett and Rennie, The Handsome Family, haven’t covered at some point. The husband and wife duo must have one hell of […]