Accompanying me to FreshGrass this year was John Szwed’s biography of Alan Lomax. What better to read on the way to a roots festival than learning more about the man whose work brought so many of these roots to the […]
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That country music is booming in the UK is in no doubt. Throughout the land many artists and bands do their stuff in pubs and clubs, all seeking that big break. Perhaps their most daunting hurdle is to achieve an […]
You don’t have to listen to much of this album to be convinced it comes from a 1960s Stax back catalogue. It therefore comes as a surprise to discover that you’ve been listening to a group from Australia in 2018. […]
Few artists have made as much music and toured as regularly as Richard Thompson. Common to both over his fifty year career is his consistently high quality and originality. With each release Thompson brings something new and live he plays […]
Just released, First Ray Of Light from JR Harbidge delves into themes of everyday experience, hope, loss, love and makes some emphatic political points too. In its broadest sense ‘Americana’ would best describe how Harbidge conveys this range of emotion […]
The eponymously titled debut album from Young Waters is a highly original collection of songs whose inspiration draws on a variety of roots; 1970s British folk, classical and much older traditional music. Young Waters are a five piece band based […]
Where better to tell a story than a bookshop? That’s how Canadian singer songwriter Tia McGraff and co-writer, fellow musician, producer and husband Tommy Parham closed their UK tour on Thursday night. The venue was The Bookshop in the Sussex […]
Artists taking a record they made 50 years ago out on the road today, even those as revered as Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman, could be taking a risk. No matter how iconic the record, even a classic like Sweetheart […]
Is it unreasonable to think a band that calls themselves Stone Mountain Sinners might not come from the heartlands of Americana? A listen to their debut album Tones Of Home would only reinforce such a view. Distilling alt country, rock and […]
Described as ‘Amerigothic’, the five piece London band Curse Of Lono release their second album As I Fell on August 17. This is a deeply compelling record that totally pulls the listener into its spell. The songs and arrangements are […]
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