Valerie June

Red Rooster Festival announces full list of acts for 2026

February 26, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0

The Red Rooster Festival has announced its full line-up for this year’s festival which takes place 28th-30th May 2026 and, as usual, it digs deep into roots, rock and Americana. The festival is set against the […]

Video Review of the Year 2025

December 17, 2025 Andrew Frolish 2

Well, another year has flown by and will soon be consigned to history’s waste bin. It was a year of monstrous tariffs and volatile markets, of small boats and protests outside hotels, of ongoing, heartbreaking conflicts […]

Video: Valerie June “Runnin’ and Searchin'”

November 18, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

Valerie June and her music embody hope, love, joy and truth. Through her soulful blend of psychedelic folk, Appalachian music, bluegrass, and country, with gospel flavours and hymnal qualities, June searches for something better, and her […]

Video: Valerie June “Endless Tree”

May 6, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

In her latest single, Valerie June asks, “Are you ready to see // A world where we could all be free // As branches of an endless tree?” and this question is at the heart of […]

25th anniversary expanded reissue for “From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music”

May 7, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in collaboration with Warner Music Nashville is releasing an expanded version of the box set ‘From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music’. Originally released in […]

Live Review: Joshua Ray Walker + Malin Pettersen, The Lower Third, London – 28th July 2026

August 6, 2026 0

It was a hot night in the West End, but thankfully the air conditioning was cool at Denmark Street’s Lower Third. This was Joshua Ray Walker’s first show in London since recovering from stage 3 bowel […]

Phil Odgers & John Kettle “The War is Over – The Songs of Phil Ochs Vol 2”

August 6, 2026 0

A respectful and traditional tribute to Phil Ochs. Volume 1 of this collaborative tribute by Phil Odgers of The Men They Couldn’t Hang and John Kettle of Merry Hell was birthed in the dark days of […]

Freddy Trujillo takes flight with his fifth solo album

August 6, 2026 0

For more than two decades, Freddy Trujillo has quietly built one of the most distinctive careers in American roots music. Whether anchoring the rhythm section as bassist for Richmond Fontaine and The Delines or as a […]

Red Rooster Festival announces full list of acts for 2026

Video Review of the Year 2025

Video: Valerie June “Runnin’ and Searchin'”

Video: Valerie June “Endless Tree”

25th anniversary expanded reissue for “From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music”

Live Review: Joshua Ray Walker + Malin Pettersen, The Lower Third, London – 28th July 2026

Phil Odgers & John Kettle “The War is Over – The Songs of Phil Ochs Vol 2”

Freddy Trujillo takes flight with his fifth solo album

Railcard “Unstable Neighbour” – let’s get on, ok?

Video: Karl Bray “Marianne”