Features
Down In The Flood – A Year of Tracks
If 2020 saw a lot of shared songs then 2021 took that to an even higher level – and the reasons are surely the same: more home time due to the inability to tour much, and […]
Year: 2021
Album Reviews
Beans on Toast “Survival of the Friendliest”
Glass half full on optimistic gem from gifted songwriter. The errant and always spot on protest singer has put down the placards for this breezy, joy filled album that reflects on glasses half full and lives […]
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The Other Side of Me: Rick Bayles on how Miles Davis seduced him into a 40 year love affair with Jazz
I have a guilty secret; I’m a jazz fan and it’s pretty much all Miles Davis’ fault. Back in the 80s, I was a jobbing tour and production manager, working with various bands on the road […]
Album Reviews
Alicia Stockman “These Four Walls”
An album that has its moments but doesn’t break boundaries. Alicia Stockman’s ten-track debut album ‘These Four Walls’ is a solid opening to a promising solo career. The album begins with the bouncy western, ‘Stay Between […]
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Our top ten americana albums of 2021 – Part Two
Americana UK reveals its album of the year for 2021. Following a few dormant years when trying to decide on an albums of the year list we ended up scratching (and sometimes gouging) each other’s eyes […]