Stylised debut album with signs of promise. Suitcase Sam, also known as Leon Stanislaus Czologosz was born as far as I can gather, in California, where his father was a railroad engineer (is that what we call […]
Concise readable overview of a classic ’70s album. The Bloomsbury 331/3 series has produced another in its 150 plus catalogue of volumes about specific albums. The next in line is Carole King’s, ‘Tapestry’, described as, ‘An anthemic […]
Well crafted intimate and evocative music. It feels like this reviewer has been living on the edge recently – the edge that is of whatever genre definitions might normally apply. There has been a succession of […]
Country boy hits the city – the city hits country boy, who is Grateful he isn’t Dead. I’ve always been of the, perhaps lazy, view that experiences are best seen as an undifferentiated stew, the details […]
A Convoluted Wordy Tale of Hard Times – But is it a Classic? Paper Back Riders is a new occasional series intended to highlight books that are considered a fundamental backdrop to Americana Music. There won’t […]
© Americana UK 2025, a website based in the People's Republic of Liverpool