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 […]
On checking tickets the venue staff gave each member of the audience a card requesting that they respect each other and the musicians by keeping noise to a minimum. That this advice was followed to the letter didn’t come from […]
On checking tickets the venue staff gave each member of the audience a card requesting that they respect each other and the musicians by keeping noise to a minimum. That this advice was followed to the letter didn’t come from […]
Since forming 20 years ago Lucero have been frequently described as one of America’s hardest working bands. To mark their two decades of performing more days than they don’t, they will release on August 3rd their ninth studio album, Among […]
As the festival season is now underway in the sun soaked UK with many more coming up over the next couple of months how do you decide which one to attend? Obviously that depends on the artists but there’s also […]
In our record collections there are many albums that have become old friends. We may not meet that often, but when we do the pleasure is undiminished. For these pals we may even celebrate special anniversaries, of their release or […]
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