If Florence Sommerville has an Americana Bingo card then she must be close to knocking off two lines and be heading for a full house, with an appearance at The Bluebird, and a headline Green Note show already under her belt along with a selection of Nashville co writes and a string of strong singles. That run is going to continue with her latest a marvellously wordy concoction matched to a tune that somehow feels timeless, like you must already know it yet if you do it cunn

The latest single from Brooke Law "Big World" comes with a cover showing Brooke with arms raised to the skies with her head tilted back as if in some state of euphoria.

If this release had come a month earlier we might have been thinking it was an April Fool - yet no! - one of the least Americana sounding tunes in the world, Charles & Eddie's high pitched soulful pleading "Would I Lie To You?" has been reworked by the masters of the mandolin, Forty Elephant Gang almost beyond recognition.

There are many reasons for going to the Country Calling Festival this August, it's a beautifully curated festival, where the hardest thing is going to be working out which stage to be in front of at any given time, such is the depth in quality.