6+ day, 39+ min ago   (924+ words) Americana UK The excitement was almost tangible amidst the rather irregular queue that had formed early outside the entrance to The Chapel, upstairs at The Angel Microbrewery in Nottingham, for the return to the city of possibly Austin, Texas finest…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (305+ words) And whilst my own personal story has had another chapter written, so has the world’s. There have been the most awful stories over the last couple of weeks, not the least of which being Nepal, wherein whole communities have been…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (72+ words) The Elephant Sessions brought the Highlands of Scotland to Buckinghamshire. They’re not a million miles from Noble Jacks but with added dance beats and – ulp – backing tracks, an inspired booking to top off Saturday night. Jake Bugg returns with new…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (138+ words) Americana UK GRAMMY-winning singer-songwriter Grey DeLisle delivers a catchy new song and a fine vocal performance in her new single, There’s The Door. Once again, with lilting melody, precision, humour, and emotive character, DeLisle demonstrates that she possesses a perfect…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (90+ words) Despite playing many of the parts himself, McCambridge still called upon old friends from the community around him; Spacebomb’s resident bassist Cameron Ralston(Bonnie Light Horseman, Hiss Golden Messenger) again features throughout the record, alongside Eamon Ferris (The Waterboys) on…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (123+ words) Americana UK Originally formed in Edinburgh, Ardentjohn includes members from Scotland, England and Spain who have remained connected and creative thanks to their shared love of music. The joy they take in writing and performing is evident in this uplifting…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (209+ words) Genevieve & Milo, a duo from Cape Town, South Africa, have released a haunting new single. Slow is a gorgeously absorbing song that begins with a warm acoustic strum before Genevieve’s dreamy, resonant voice transports us far away. Her voice is…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (496+ words) Americana UK Wonderfully ambitious third album from Austin honky-tonker. He’s created an incredibly vivid creative world in which these songs sit so happily. “Ricky & Rex are two brothers in Van Horn, Texas. They own a bar called The Diamond Saloon…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago   (387+ words) Lambchop “Punching The Clown” Americana UK Kurt Wagner’s very individual vision takes another sharp turn. For the album he is accompanied by just guitar, banjo and piano and then two choirs – one from London and one from Eau Claire in…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (97+ words) “And then it was morning.” Musically there is a short interlude over which the female vocalist gives a cathartic sigh, before it carries on; “We drove back all hungover. All the way to Eau Claire she played with her hair....