Jools Holland

1 week ago | americana-uk.com | Ed Donnelly |Marc Cohn |Jools Holland |Gladys Knight

Counting Crows continue their long running streak of solid, brilliantly written songs with ‘Under the Aurora’.   From the very first words spilling from Adam Durtiz’s mouth, this is unmistakably a Counting Crows track. There is comfort in the fact that while they have striven to always create thoughtful songs, they have not strayed from their signature sound without ever feeling repetitive.

1 week ago | americana-uk.com | Ed Donnelly |Marc Cohn |Jools Holland |Gladys Knight

Things get strange in the new video from Perfume Genius, ‘No Front Teeth (feat. Aldous Harding)’.   The song is from Mike Hadreas’ newest release on Matador Records, ‘Glory’. The music video directed by Cody Critcheloe is a surreal study of violence and intimacy with Hadreas and Harding tussling through disturbing scenes and eating an enormous amount of waffles with syrup. Not for the light of heart, the images on screen capture the alienation of the song’s arrangement.

1 week ago | americana-uk.com | Ed Donnelly |Marc Cohn |Jools Holland |Gladys Knight

Supergroup I’m With Her release the second single from their forthcoming album ‘Wild, Clear and Blue’.   I’m With Her is trio Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, and Aoife O’Donovan. Between the three of them, they have seven Grammy wins and thirty-one nominations, a roots music force to be reckoned with.  The new tune ‘Find My Way to You’ features the three singers singing tight harmonies as they accompany themselves on fiddle, guitar and mandolin.

3 weeks ago | americana-uk.com | Ed Donnelly |Marc Cohn |Jools Holland |Gladys Knight

Here’s some real world ropin’ and ridin’ from Texan Garret Bradford on ‘This Way of Life’.   This is a featured track from Bradford’s two-part release from H.O.T. Records,  ‘Honkiest of Tonkers’. Part one is available now and part two will be available on 11th April 2025.   Watchers of the television cowboy soap opera ‘Yellowstone’ will recognize this song from season three. A sparse acoustic guitar is the only accompaniment for the lyrics that lament the looming death of the cowboy way of life.

1 month ago | americana-uk.com | Ed Donnelly |Marc Cohn |Jools Holland |Gladys Knight

Hafsol takes a look at life and death on their new single ‘Owl’.   Singer Dylan Penna-Powell leads the group on this gentle tune. An acoustic guitar provides the foundation of the arrangement with understated piano and sof yet propulsive drums moving things along.   The highlight is the layers of vocal harmonies that join the lead about half way through. Reflecting on writing ‘Owl’ Penna-Powell says, “Lyrically, I’m dealing with life and death here.