The Wandering Hearts may be an unfamiliar name outside the UK Americana scene. That’s not surprising, the London based band formed less than two years ago, have released only a single then an EP towards the end of last year. […]
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A highlight of my musical year for nearly a decade has been the Transatlantic Sessions, the series of shows put together by Jerry Douglas and Aly Bain. Each year they and their house band are joined by a select group […]
Q: When does 1+1+1 = more than 3? A: When it’s I’m With Her. This is the collaboration between three exceptionally talented artists in their own right — Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, and Aoife O’Donovan, who together create a captivatingly […]
Mary Gauthier releases her tenth album Rifles & Rosary Beads on January 26. Again she delves deep into the human condition with profound emotion but this time she draws not from her own experience but other people’s. The album is […]
The title covers a sizeable chunk of the subjects to be found in country songs, so you may think this is a record by artists who were born and raised in Nashville. They weren’t. The Remedy Club is husband and […]
A debut album that has attracted a lot of deserved attention this year is Gilded by Jade Jackson. She and her band notched up another debut recently; first show in the UK and headlining too. Before facing her first London […]
A bill headlining Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit supported by Tift Merritt is always going to be a delicious prospect, as a sold out Roundhouse would testify. Both have released albums this year that added to their respective acclaimed […]
In an era of huge venues with PA systems to match it is hard for artists and their audience to connect with each other. The complete opposite characterized Tift Merritt’s performance at St. Barnabas Church in the Jericho district of Oxford. […]
Mention Lukas Nelson and Promise of The Real over here and the response tends to go along the lines of “Willie Nelson’s son” and “Neil Young’s backing band.” POTR’s new eponymously titled album is rapidly bringing deserved accolades and the […]
Richard Thompson has embarked on a UK solo acoustic tour that crosses the Atlantic next month. Before his second date I had the great pleasure of talking to him about, among other things, acoustic records, songwriting, and new ideas. Thompson has […]
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