January 2022 – Page 10

AMA-UK Awards cancelled – award ceremony to be streamed online

January 21, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

The Americana Music Association UK (AMA-UK) has, with great regret, announced that UK Americana Music Week, due to take place in Hackney, London over January 24-27th, has been cancelled. This is due to the current COVID-19 […]

Classic Clips: Townes Van Zandt “Waiting Around to Die” from Heartworn Highways (1981)

January 21, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

This week’s clip comes from the 1981 documentary ‘Heartworn Highways‘ by James Szalapski. The documentary focuses on early footage of folk and country musicians. It includes artists Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, Steve Earle, David Allan […]

Fred Wickham Caravan “Town Without Soul”

January 21, 2022 Gordon Sharpe 0

Plenty to admire from an experienced musician with views on affairs of the heart and a range of influences. Fred Wickham and his caravaners hail from Kansas City and Wickham has apparently been a fixture in […]

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The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band “Great American Radio Vol. 9”

January 21, 2022 Kimberly Bright 0

Enjoyable Nitty Gritty Dirt Band live performances from 1974. This collection is the ninth in a series of Retroworld’s archival releases of concerts and studio performances broadcast on American radio in the ’70’s. The two CD’s […]

Amythyst Kiah “Love Will Tear Us Apart” – heading for a blues friday…

January 21, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

One of the features of a great song is that it is malleable, can be reformed and reworked and still stand up as a great song. And ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ is one such, June […]