Tori Forsyth – Provlépseis (Island/Universal)
By Bernard Zuel
May 2021
2021 Americana Awards Nominees Announced
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 26, 2021) — The Americana Music Association has announced the nominees for its 20th annual Americana Honors & Awards during a socially-distanced ceremony at Nashville’s National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM). This year’s nominations […]
Jackson Browne’s New Video Out Now. New Album for July.
Jackson Browne has released the video for ‘My Cleveland Heart,‘ his new single, which is out today everywhere. The single, co-written with his longtime guitarist Val McCallum, comes from Browne’s forthcoming album Downhill From Everywhere due out on July 23, […]
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The King of Americana – Jason Isbell (On His Signature Fender Telecaster, Acting for Martin Scorsese and more…)
Jason Isbell is the King of Americana. At least, that is the title I have given him; and I think it is justified. The 42-year-old guitarist began his career in the Drive By Truckers before […]
Midnight Oil To Headline October Bluesfest
Bluesfest has announced that this October’s rescheduled event – the first major festival to return, since COVID-19 struck – will be headlined by Midnight Oil and that many of the artists originally slated to play […]
Montgomery Church Release New Single & Video, ‘Louise’
Cielle Montgomery and James Church are Montgomery Church – a blend of acoustic folk, Americana and bluegrass influences, grown and distilled in the Snowy Mountain ranges of country New South Wales. ‘Louise’ is the first single to be […]
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Bluesfest Back On – First October Weekend!
Bluesfest is back on and has been rescheduled for the first weekend of October: Friday, October 1 to Monday October 4. The full festival lineup will be announced next week and the festival will be releasing the on-sale […]
Premiere: Justin Bernasconi’s New Single: ‘Blank Page’
Master folk guitarist Justin Bernasconi’s new single ‘Blank Page’ is out on Thursday 13 May and we have the exclusive premiere right here: There is also a bonus B-side, ‘Flags Staked Upon This Hill.’ Produced by Jeff […]
Review: John Kennedy’s Love Gone Wrong
By Bernard Zuel. JOHN KENNEDY’S LOVE GONE WRONG- Always The Bridegroom (Foghorn) In one of the reissue iterations of his 1984 album, Goodbye Cruel World, London’s Liverpool-born Elvis Costello began the liner notes with the welcoming […]
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An Impressive Surprise: Tom Jones – Surrounded By Time
By Bernard Zuel TOM JONES: Surrounded By Time (Universal) Temptation is rife to riff on the incongruity of a Tom Jones album getting serious attention in 2021. And not because the man is 80 (and […]