America’s premier oral historian investigates its abiding myth. On the website of the publisher, New Press, in an uncredited paragraph, ‘American Dreams: Lost and Found’, and its author, Studs Terkel, is described as follows: “Terkel persuades […]
The first solo album from the talented singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist K.C. Jones is an impressive dive into old and new Americana. K.C. Jones (a.k.a. Kelli Jones-Savoy) may be deeply influenced by divergent styles of music, but […]
The Guardian have published a piece this morning as Joni Mitchell’s legendary ‘Blue’ album turns 50, and they’ve interviewed “the musicians it inspired – and those who inspired it – [to] tell us which track means […]
Mixing melancholy and introspection with uplifting and inspiriting songs. There seem to be good things happening musically in Norway, this being one of many Americana and folk nuanced records to come my way from the fjords. […]
Alex Rex is the recording name of Alex Neilson, who was the driving force behind the much missed Trembling Bells. He’s released three albums as Alex Rex, and the fourth – ‘Paradise‘ is due out on […]
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