Features
AmericanA-Z – The Jayhawks
Though the roots of Americana go back decades, it was the early 1990s when the sounds we love started to coalesce into a proto-genre. Generally viewed then as alt-country, two bands on the same circuit emerged […]
The Jayhawks
Features
Songs for the apocalypse: The Jayhawks “It’s Up to You”
When Mark Olson left the Jayhawks it felt to me like one of the most beautiful songwriting partnerships since Lennon and McCartney was being torn apart like matchwood. Who knew then that the Jayhawks’ first album […]
News
The Jayhawks announce new album, due July – Listen
This is quite exciting news late in the day (literally). The Jayhawks have announced the release of a new album, ‘Back Roads and Abandoned Motels’, which arrives in the UK on July 13th (which is a Friday, […]
News
New Cash tribute album features Jayhawks, Mellencamp and others
Legacy Recordings have announced the release of ‘Johnny Cash: Forever Words’ – a collaborative album consisting of songs created from Johnny Cash’s unknown poetry, lyrics, and letters set to music by an array of artists on […]
Album Reviews
Moonsville Collective EPs “I” “2” “3” (Moonsville Records 2017)
These three EP’s are the first three instalments of a planned quartet of releases, and there’s nothing startlingly different about each record. They are all super competent Americana, aiming foursquare for the middle ground, populated by […]