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About Gordon Sharpe
Retired music fan longing to get back to the Lakes and hoping to visit Scotland before much longer - somehow South Cheshire just doesn't cut it. Still seeking the grail in terms of a convincing description of what Americana really is but really enjoying the search. And still wondering when Kenny Rogers will get his just deserts
Book Reviews

Paperback Riders: Bob Dylan “Chronicles Volume One”

May 27, 2022 Gordon Sharpe 1
Books Editor, Rick Bayles, writes – When Gordon submitted this latest article for his ‘Paperback Riders’ series neither of us knew it would, sadly, be his last. It has been a genuine pleasure to work with […]
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Album Reviews

Paul Brady “Maybe So”

May 5, 2022 Gordon Sharpe 0
A much-admired artist of great longevity, but a disc unlikely to add to the legend. Imagine the scene. There you are with a new disc and you press play. There’s a clean white sheet of paper […]
Album Reviews

Sarah McCulloch “Sawmiller’s Daughter”

April 22, 2022 Gordon Sharpe 0
A well made album with a touch of the old school and plenty of songwriting promise. Sarah McCulloch is described as a Country/Americana singer-songwriter and her music probably falls at the outer edge of this site’s […]
Album Reviews

Jefferson Ross “Southern Currency”

April 13, 2022 Gordon Sharpe 0
An outstanding work – well written, well played, well sung – in relation to an area of America that’s had more than its share of chroniclers, often of varying quality. It seems Jefferson Ross is new […]
Album Reviews

George is Lord “My Sweet George”

April 11, 2022 Gordon Sharpe 0
An interesting stab at a tribute to the quiet one – slightly let down by the vocals and similarity of its musical approach. George is Lord are an amalgamation of Anna Pomerantz on drums and vocals, […]

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Something for the weekend: Starpainter “I Found a River”

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Well that’s it from us for this week and we leave you dear reader with a new video for a new song by Alberta-based sextet Starpainter which YES I KNOW we ran last week, but Jon […]
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Kris Drever “Doing This For Love”

June 12, 2026 2
Meditations on the unglamorous, but with melodic hooks, from Scottish folk-award winner Anyone coming to this album for their first experience of Kris Drever may well be expecting something fairly traditional in light of his many […]
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Classic Clips: Jesse Colin Young “Darkness Darkness” – All Star Jam, Capitol Theatre, Passaic, New Jersey, 1984

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Jesse Colin Young passed away just over a year ago, on the 16th of March, at the age of eighty-three. Born Perry Miller and raised in Queens, New York, to musical parents, Young initially found fame […]

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Interview: Dirk Powell on “Wake” and bridging modern and age-old roots music

June 11, 2026 1
Dirk Powell is a special kind of musician, someone who, through family connections, knows and understands both Appalachia and Cajun music, and is at the same time comfortable with modern music technology. He has won four […]
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Interview: Ma Polaine’s Great Decline is thriving

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With influences in blues, jazz and country, Ma Polaine’s Great Decline is actually thriving on their fifth album, Monster Swan (2025). Based in Somerset, England, Beth Packer’s distinctive, emotive vocals, coupled with her evocative lyrics, create […]
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Interview: Greg Loftus – As both musician and carpenter, he would like to knock on wood

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Greg Loftus comes from the town of Bourne, not far from the bridge that connects Massachusetts to Cape Cod. It is there that he practices woodworking, operates a club in nearby Falmouth and makes rock music […]

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