On Langeleik, two pioneers of alternative pedal-steel meet across oceans, time, and temperament. Norwegian multi-instrumentalist Geir Sundstøl and London-based pedal-steel player Joe Harvey-Whyte merge the instrument’s ghostly resonance with field recordings, ambient drones and vintage synths to create a sound that feels as fluid and alive as the rivers that inspired it.
Geir and Joe got in touch in 2016 when Joe, exploring beyond his usual listening habits, stumbled upon Geir’s debut Furulund. Struck by its hypnotic slide melodies, he reached out. A musical friendship grew through years of conversation, sharing curiosities and visiting each other’s studios in Oslo and London.
In August 2024, during a break from touring…
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Singer-songwriter Henry Grace is a purveyor of warmth and easy comfort, through music that sorts through a trove of personal experiences, isolating gems of learning and sharing them generously. His second album, Things Are Moving All Around Me, sets out to capture a wide-ranging chapter of his life, a period of time which involved movement and transition. Grace spent some of his formative years in California, performing solo in small city clubs and – perhaps subconsciously – soaking up those times and places. He now finds himself in London again. This movement has resulted in a fascinating blend of ingredients, which Henry adeptly uses in his songs.
“Anyone can come up with a story… you just need a few lies and a few loose wires upstairs and enough time alone to tie them all together”. So says Gene, a character created by 
Johnny Delaware describes his latest record as a nomadic affair.
Lucinda Williams’s built a body of work that thrives on autobiography and the confessional, fearless vignettes of broken love affairs and men going off the rails. But as she explained in her 2023 memoir, Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You, she comes from a family who “understood and taught me the power of language and music to create a more just world”. Williams may be bloodied but she’s unbowed: if anything, she’s as mad as hell and she aint’ going to take it anymore.
Justin Townes Earle, the deeply talented but sadly troubled folk/Americana musician, succumbed to an accidental overdose just over five years ago. Yet within the span of just weeks, an authorized biography — What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome — has been released, and musician 
When you ponder Belgium, you wouldn’t immediately consider it a hotbed of americana music. You would most likely think of their excellent footballers, chocolates, and even a fictional detective. Lucky Came to Town is a six-piece band from the hills around Leuven in Belgium, and their debut album, The River Knows My Name, dispels any preconceptions you may have. Songwriter Kim Van Weyenbergh and bass player Joost Buttiens met in 2015, driven by their mutual respect for country music and started playing tunes together. Although this collection has enough twang, it leans away from traditional country, and fans of American Aquarium will find similarities between this offering and the band’s music. Formed deep in the Hageland Hills,…
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Minneapolis-based folk rockers, The Pines, have always been led by the insightful songwriting of David Huckfelt. On 
For lovers of bluegrass and americana roots music unable or unwilling to visit the USA at present, a short flight to Norway provides a very serious alternative as a source of inspiration. Surprising as it may seem, there is a thriving scene, the annual Strenger I Gress festival bringing together many of the bluegrass bands that have sprung up in recent years. Names like Strengeplukk, Oystein Sunde and the Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra have been around a while, developing their own form of what might be termed ‘Scandigrass’.
After Banjophony and Banjophonics comes the latest album from 
Few artists so consistently bare their souls with such blunt honestly as Ruston Kelly. Repeatedly he seeks some kind of release from calamitous experiences ranging from addiction to failed relationship only to find himself back in the depths of depression once again. Such candour runs through his three solo studio albums with a bellow of defiance in his 2023 release ‘Weakness’. For this album Kelly introduces what may seem a complete change of direction, namely joy. But 
When announcing his sixth studio album, 
When you have a look at the 
…it is no exaggeration when Zane Mclaughlin of 
The distance traveled on William Prince’s new album,