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  • [ December 8, 2025 ] For the Sake of the Song: Sheryl Crow “My Favorite Mistake” Features
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  • [ December 8, 2025 ] Melanie Crew and Ross Palmer “Some Other Stories” Album Reviews
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Jim White & Trey Blake “The Long Road Home” – throw off those mental chains

January 7, 2025 Jonathan Aird 1

What a song we have for you today – taken from Jim White & Trey Blake’s new album ‘Precious Bane‘ (out on the last day of January).  It’s a gothic polemic, of sorts, a declaration of […]

Videos

Video: Zack Keim “Battery Lane”

January 7, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

Check out the brilliant song-craft on display from Pittsburgh singer-songwriter Zack Keim in his latest single.  “Battery Lane” builds beautifully, with delicate guitar repeating over warm bass and gently pulsing rhythms.  When the percussion becomes more […]

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Features

For the Sake of the Song: Bob Dylan & The Band “Tears of Rage” (Bootleg Version)

January 6, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

“See if you can do something with this.” There are inconsistencies galore in the story of how events unfolded that ultimately led to Bob Dylan writing lyrics for ‘Tears of Rage’. First and foremost is disabusing […]

Album Reviews

John Hammond “You’re Doin’ Fine, Blues At The Boarding House June 2 & 3, 1973″

January 6, 2025 Paul Kerr 0

  “You’re Doin’ Fine” is the latest release from the Owsley Stanley Foundation, named for the famed sound man and chemical wizard (also known as Bear) who, aside from his mass production of LSD, developed the […]

Dylan LeBlanc live at The Sun Inn, Beverley, - 11th December 2024
Live Reviews

Live Review: Dylan LeBlanc, The Sun Inn, Beverley – 11th December 2024

January 6, 2025 Graeme Tait 6

Tonight’s concert saw my return to the historic Minster town of Beverley for the third time this year, and my second visit to its premier live music venue, The Sun Inn, that sits within the shadow […]

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For the Sake of the Song: Sheryl Crow “My Favorite Mistake”

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Interview: David Grisman on the groundbreaking Garcia/Grisman album and more

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Melanie Crew and Ross Palmer “Some Other Stories”

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Ace Records’ second volume of black artists’ Dylan covers out in January 2026

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The Twang Factor 4 Presents: Hannah Crossrose

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  • For the Sake of the Song: Sheryl Crow “My Favorite Mistake”
  • Interview: David Grisman on the groundbreaking Garcia/Grisman album and more
  • Melanie Crew and Ross Palmer “Some Other Stories”
  • Ace Records’ second volume of black artists’ Dylan covers out in January 2026
  • The Twang Factor 4 Presents: Hannah Crossrose
  • Sam Salmon & the Grand Manan Bandits “Down for Life”
  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 212 “Home Truths”
  • The Song Remains: Steve Cropper (1941 -2025)
  • Eric Bibb “If You’re Free” – freedom is never free
  • Video Premiere: Breanne Marie & The Front Porch Sinners “Shelf”
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Interviews

Interview: David Grisman on the groundbreaking Garcia/Grisman album and more

December 8, 2025 1

The “Garcia/Grisman” album was recorded in 1991, and chances are you never heard these two master musicians sound as good as they did on this record. Jerry Garcia’s tasteful picking on this album is inspired and […]

Interviews

Interview: Dan Bern has still got his fastball, and a change-up

December 2, 2025 1

In the smart and lively songs of Dan Bern, nuances are at work like honeybees in a hive. A busy swarm of subtleties generates a nucleus of narrative honeycomb that has more layers than an archaeologist’s […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Dillon Warnek “As the Neighbors Tried to Sleep”

December 2, 2025 0

Dillon Warnek’s “As the Neighbors Tried to Sleep” is a sharp and dizzying collection of songs about everything and anything. “Rolling Stone” raved that his debut album “Now That It’s All Over”, was full of “wry character […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

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As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

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Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

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Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

Obituaries

The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

March 12, 2020 4

I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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