On CALL ME LUCKY, Watson sings with fondness about his girlfriend, rockabilly singer Celine Lee, on “You Weren’t Supposed to Feel This Good,” while “Mama’s Smile” would have been perfectly suited for a young Elvis. (read more)
Their music has an underlying groove combined with an earthy spirituality that makes you want to kick off your boots and dance around the nearest stone circle. (read more)
The Dead South show a sold out O2 Forum they aint no punks (read more)
e last saw Jim Heath playing London’s O2 Islington in the sad wake of Cramps drummer, Nick Knox’s passing. Now REVEREND HORTON HEAT come roaring back with their 12th masterpiece Whole New Life. The zesty, infectious eleven (read more)
Arkansas’ rising Country star smashes Islington’s Assembly Hall (read more)
ambridge Folk Festival 2018 poured the perfect mix with the extended weekend getting off to a flying start on Thursday with the fast and wild trashgrass of Whiskey Shivers. With a lead singer sporting a (read more)
With headliners First Aid Kit and Patti Smith, Cambridge Folk Festival has become far more than a meeting of beardy real ale connoisseurs with pewter tankards and mandolins. (read more)
Reverend Horton Heat brings his whiskey-soaked drawl to London for a rare UK show. (read more)
Trebuchet slides its way down to Islington on a snowy St Patrick’s Day to bear witness to the Country stylings of ex-Popster Derek Ryan. (read more)
Photographic highlights of the Country to Country 2018 launch event (read more)
The Country to Country (C2C) 2018 launch was an event in itself. (read more)
Searching for antidotes to the Genre-Box-Pox (read more)
Heart-pumpin’ high energy country. Photos of Frankie Ballard at Islington Assembly Rooms (read more)
Leopardskin body, tiger feet? Frankie Ballard glams up country at Islington Assembly Hall (read more)
Tie-dyed dungarees, banjos and beards – Hayseed Dixie prove that beauty’s all in the ear (read more)
Honey Ryder brought bright Americana to a soggy Islington night. Photos (read more)
Bright as dawn over Laredo, photos of Aaron Watson onstage at the Garage, London (read more)
Bringing country to town, Aaron Watson tips a stetson to The Garage (read more)
Bringing twenty-five years of swinging Western tunes to the UK, Big Sandy and his Fly-Rite Boys (read more)
Listening to Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers feels like swillin’ liquor in a Kentucky barn which, if you’re very lucky, you aren’t sharing with the hogs. (read more)
Combining classic garage rock, the North European darkness of doom metal and the melancholy exhilaration of riding a custom chopper through the old Route 66 ghost towns of Arizona (read more)
This has been the most difficult, the most scary experience I’ve had writing and making a record and I know why. It’s because I was scared. (read more)
There are some moderately engaging, essentially pleasant, songs on the album. Actually, they all are. (read more)
Blues, Classic rock, country, prog, gourmet food, a beer festival, spoken word stage, music cinema, luxury camping and accommodation. Hoo YAH! (read more)
Country music legend George Hamilton IV has died aged 77 of a heart attack in Nashville, Tennessee (read more)
My old label had some suggestions that I sing like Alanis Morisette! I said, ‘F*ck that!’
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Dark humour, tales of struggle, death, joy and sadness. Lindi Ortega at the Garage, London. Photos (read more)
Lindi Ortega’s dark humour, tales of struggle, death, joy and sadness consume you (read more)
Berlin sightseeing? Guess I would take you on a “Dining ‘n’ Drinking with the Dead” roundtrip. John Heartfield, Bertholt Brecht, Nico. Something like that! I don’t dig tourists’ hotspots. It’s nothing to me. (read more)
Mechanisms for the reordering of memory and forward living. Benoit Pioulard : Hymnal. Released 4th March on Kranky (read more)
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