October 2021 – Page 5

Classic Americana Albums: The Long Ryders “Native Sons”

October 27, 2021 Clint West 2

Following its October 1984 US release on Frontier Records, ‘Native Sons’ hit the UK in March 1985 when it was picked up and released by Demon Records’ Zippo label. Despite some success on the US college […]

Gordie Tentrees “Mean Old World”

October 27, 2021 Mark Nenadic 0

Far-flung Canadian acoustic, rootsy goodness. Rich and rewarding. From the vast wilderness of the Yukon, to suburban ears in the United Kingdom. Probably not the journey that the Canuck folkies of a century gone by were […]

Paperback Riders: Kenneth Allsop “Hard Travellin'”

October 27, 2021 Gordon Sharpe 1

A wide-ranging account of the American hobo life by a rather forgotten man of English broadcasting. Kenneth Allsop died in 1973 and until now he has been nothing more than a dim memory in the head […]

Johnny Cash “Bear’s Sonic Journals: Johnny Cash, At The Carousel Ballroom, April 24, 1968”

October 27, 2021 Paul Kerr 0

Johnny Cash swaps prisoners for hippies as he moves from Folsom Prison to Haight Ashbury back in 1968. Folk might argue as to what the high point of Johnny Cash’s lengthy career was – the Sun […]

Doc Watson’s “Life’s Work: A Retrospective” available for pre-order

October 27, 2021 Emily Dongray 0

Craft Recordings will release a career-spanning collection on CD and digital platforms on November 12th. The 101 track box set includes his best-known hits’ Intoxicated Rat‘, ‘Dock Boggs’ ‘Country Blues‘ and ‘Black Mountain Rag‘. ‘Tennessee Stud’. The […]

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Interview: Judy Collins doesn’t look back, she looks forward

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“My home is in New York City, on the Upper West Side,” Judy Collins said, proudly holding up a painting by her sister of cats and dogs that resembles a Monet. When I mentioned travelling up […]

Ramsey Thornton “I Called It!”

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Oklahoman Ramsey Thornton’s debut album explores the liminal space between action and inertia against a mellifluous musical background. Ramsey Thornton’s I Called It! is an album preoccupied with the moments where something should happen but doesn’t. […]

France’s Eldorado festival brings americana stars to NW France in late June

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After a first promising edition in September 2024, the one and only americana Fest in France, Eldorado, returns to the village of Vancé in NW France (close to Le Mans) with its second edition on 26th […]

Month: October 2021

Classic Americana Albums: The Long Ryders “Native Sons”

Gordie Tentrees “Mean Old World”

Paperback Riders: Kenneth Allsop “Hard Travellin'”

Johnny Cash “Bear’s Sonic Journals: Johnny Cash, At The Carousel Ballroom, April 24, 1968”

Doc Watson’s “Life’s Work: A Retrospective” available for pre-order

Interview: Judy Collins doesn’t look back, she looks forward

Ramsey Thornton “I Called It!”

France’s Eldorado festival brings americana stars to NW France in late June

More People Really Should Know About… Nathan Seeckts

Clay DuBose “Father Time & Mother Nature”