October 2021 – Page 26

Jess Jocoy wins The Twang Factor 2

October 8, 2021 Clint West 0

Nashville singer-songwriter secures a clear victory in our second search for new talent. Our first Twang Factor last year produced an incredibly tight result with a mere 18 votes separating the top three. Jess Jocoy, our […]

Norman Blake “Day By Day”

October 8, 2021 Martin Johnson 0

Timeless versions of classic old-time tunes by a master interpreter and instrumentalist. This is a special record, and it is all the more special because Norman Blake is now 83. If you think you have heard […]

Interview: Ray Benson of Asleep At The Wheel on 50 years of western swing

October 8, 2021 Martin Johnson 0

How a little hippie boy and his friends helped preserve and enhance Bob Wills’ legacy. .Asleep At Wheel have been keeping the western swing genre alive ever since a little Jewish hippie boy named Ray Benson […]

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss “High And Lonesome” – Listen

October 8, 2021 Jonathan Aird 1

You know the back story to this one – Plant and Krauss recorded one of the best selling Americana albums ‘Raising Sand‘ and at long last they’ve recorded another album destined to be one of the […]

Discovering… Gram Parsons

October 8, 2021 Tim Martin 0

In the book High Fidelity Nick Hornby makes Gram Parsons’ ‘Return of the Grievous Angel’ one of the top 5 side one, track one’s of all time. In doing so he confirmed Parsons’ status as ‘legendary’ […]