30th May – 1st JUNE 2019 Euston Hall, Suffolk http://www.redrooster.org.uk RED ROOSTER FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH AMERICANA MUSIC ASSOCIATION UK & KEYCHANGE- INSPIRED, FEMALE-LED ACOUSTIC STAGE LINE-UP FEATURING… SUNNY OZELL […]
Aree And The Pure Heart “Never Gonna Die” Aree And The Pure Heart’s debut EP “Heartstrings” was a great slice of Americana flavoured rock. But that was back in 2015, […]
The Coathangers “The Devil You Know” The Coathangers seem to be one of the most hardworking bands around. It doesn’t seem that long ago that we were reviewing their last […]
Red Rooster champions the very best in Rock’n’ Roll, Blues, Soul, Roots and Country music. Now coming up to its 5th edition it is the go-to early summer event for those who […]
Vandoliers “Forever” A Texas band with a country leaning isn’t necessarily the type of thing we would normally go for. But we are promised that Vandoliers offer up a more […]
Mercy Union “The Quarry” We’re not sure what actually constitutes a ‘super group’ but the fact that Mercy Union consists of members of The Gaslight Anthem and The Scandals should […]
The Stick Arounds “Ways To Hang On” The Stick Arounds certainly know how to grab our attention when they talk about the members sharing a love for acts like The […]
With winter about to hit us, what better way to warm up than with some Red Rooster festival news. It’s always one of our favourite summer events, so great to […]
Red Rooster Festival 1-3 June 2018 We were delighted to be back at Red Rooster again this year. Not only is it one of our favourite festivals but it also […]
Catl “Bide My Time Until I Die” Regular readers will know we don’t have much time for duos, mainly because of the flood of bands post The White Stripes. But, […]
Matt Costa “Santa Rosa Fangs” We were really in to Matt Costa a few years back, when the whole country seemed to be caught up in the Jack Johnson, laid […]
With the hint of Spring in the air, its time to make sure that you have your festival season all sorted. But don’t go too crazy at the outset because […]
Lincoln Durham “And Into Heaven Came The Night” Sometimes an artist bio really does capture what they are about. That’s certainly true of these words from Lincoln’s website: “Armed with […]
Buckley “Las Cruces” The label Rumbar Records is pretty synonymous with brilliant power pop/pop rock, so this release where Buckley offers “Texas soul and slinging guitar under his cowboy hat” […]
Anna Burch “Quit The Curse” This may be Anna’s debut album but she’s not really a new comer as she’s be playing music since her teens. She’s gone through solo […]
The Dirty Truckers “Best Of” This is a great release for us as we only recently discovered The Dirty Truckers with their excellent release “Tiger Stripes”. The release of this […]
Followers of this site will know that we love the Red Rooster Festival. So what better way to forget about the cold and wet weather than planning your visit to […]
Lydia Loveless “Boy Crazy and Single(s)” We’ve been fans of Lydia Loveless since her debut record “Indestructible Machine”. She initially came across as a punk inspired country girl. This record […]
Angus & Julia Stone “Snow” This is the fourth album from the Australian siblings, Angus and Julia Stone. It is also, quite remarkably, the first album that they wrote actually […]
Mutts “Stick Together’ It’s always interesting to hear how circumstances may have affected a release. This latest release by Mutts comes after some tough personal times for songwriter Mike Maimone […]
The Savage Poor “The Grown Ups” The Savage Poor first came to our attention as a result of some mentions from Christine Smith. Now given Christine has recently played alongside […]
Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires “Youth Detention” This is a band that has grown on us over a succession of releases. We liked “There Is A Bomb In […]
Luke Yeoward “Ghosts” Luke Yeoward may be a new name for most of you but some will be familiar with his former band King Cannons. A brilliant Aussie band that […]
Dakota Shakedown/Pasadena ’68 – “Good Night Air” These bands issued a joint release a little while back which we reviewed and loved. So it’s great to see them back and […]
Red Rooster Festival 1st to 3rd June 2017 It’s such a pleasure to be returning to Red Rooster Festival, it’s an event that has quickly built up a fine reputation […]
Matthew Ryan “Hustle Up Starlings” Matthew Ryan is an artist who caught our attention with his last album “Boxers”. That was a brilliant release and we absolutely loved it. Indeed, […]
The Whiskey Gentry “Dead Ringer” The Whiskey Gentry are a husband and wife duo who have a sound steeped in deep country, Americana and bluegrass. But what particularly attracted us […]
Donna Dunne & The Mystery Men “Voodoo” Donna Dunne is described as a retro-revamped Americana styled artist from Dublin. That might remind you of the last (only?!?) really famous female […]
Hanni El Khatib “Savage Times” It’s weird how you can discover an artist and the coincidences that then surround it. We saw Hanni’s album “Head In The Dirt” whilst browsing […]
The Soul Of A Clown 