Andy Davidson

Classic Americana Albums: Drive-By Truckers “The Dirty South”

March 15, 2023 Andy Davidson 3

From 2001 up until 2005 the Drive-By Truckers were a huge, powerful and overwhelming force. A juggernaut. They aggressively, yet eloquently gave a voice to the blue collar South. People at the whim of capitalist forces […]

Artwork for The Vagaband album "Beautiful World"

The Vagaband “Beautiful World”

March 1, 2023 Andy Davidson 0

Recalling songs of yesterday and a long time in the making. Do you remember The Vagaband covered The Zombies’ ‘This Will Be Our Year’ to accompany the English national census campaign in 2021? It was included […]

Benjamin Dakota Rogers Album "Paint Horse"

Benjamin Dakota Rogers “Paint Horse”

February 28, 2023 Andy Davidson 0

Joyously along and across the grain. Benjamin Dakota Rogers’ family live on a farm in Scotland. Not here. A place in Ontario, Canada. Around 170,000 Scots, mostly farmers, crossed the Atlantic to Canada between 1815 and […]

Artwork for Ben Bedford album 'Valley of Stars'

Ben Bedford “Valley of Stars”

February 10, 2023 Andy Davidson 0

“A strange and adventurous romp through a magical landscape of quadrupedic musical characters”. Bedford’s last release here, ‘Portraits’ (2020), was a curated selection of songs from his first three albums with ones you want to play […]

Classic Clips: The Waterboys “Fisherman’s Blues” – The Tube, Channel 4, 1986

February 3, 2023 Andy Davidson 1

Just recently, The Americana Music Association UK (AMA-UK) awarded Mike Scott a UK Lifetime Achievement Award. Scott is the creator and front man of The Waterboys. The album ‘Fisherman’s Blues‘ was released in October 1988 and […]

Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music

September 21, 2026 2

If a music writer opens ten press releases this month, they’ll spot something odd. They all sound like the same person wrote them. Not because the artists share a publicist, or because there’s a house style […]

Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”

September 21, 2026 0

A cycle of Appalachian folk songs from writer and activist Si Kahn, subtitled Songs for Strong Kentucky Women The subtitle for this album is “Si Kahn’s Songs for Strong Kentucky Women”. Si Kahn is one of […]

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For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”