Summer Festivals Part I - June

In an attempt to change about this blog from being just another blog about recorded music, I've decided to make it a just another blog ...

Good News from the West Vol. 2

It’s been almost a month since my last post on what's good in America these days. I have managed to gather a few albums since then so I...

LOWmountain

Time now for music from the (softer) edge of americana that I generally tend to ignore. This genre or sub-genre is exemplified by acoustic ...

The Bottlestoppers / Nathan Conway

Formally known as the T-Town Bottlestoppers, and now it looks like formally known as the Bottlestoppers, Nathan Conway is a man producing r...

Yngve & The Innocent

My third straight-up americana band in a row. I never stayed on topic for this long since junior cert Irish and that time it was only match...

The Lucky Bones

I was strangely reminded of the TV series Justified when reading about The Lucky Bones. The show is about a U.S. Marshall returning to pol...

Sumbrellas

After possibly straying off course (depending on your view), the next three posts will feature three bands producing classic americana. Al...

Twin Terrace

Another artist on the edge of americana. I realise that some of the artists that I blog about may not be classed as pure americana or alt-...

Lights Camera Sundown

Following on from my last post, I went looking for songs that shout out desert noir to me. Not as easy to find as you might think but I hav...

Kaplin

It’s a Tuesday evening in Galway, the sky is clear and the sun is shining. What could be wrong in the world? Well it’s the first day back a...

Good News From the West Vol. 1

So the point of this post is to highlight music that I have come across from America that I can't post here because this is technically...