Gordon Sharpe

Book Review: Eric Wolfson “From Elvis in Memphis” (Bloomsbury Academic, 2020)

December 23, 2020 Gordon Sharpe 0

Rather like the proverbial buses, another of Bloomsbury’s 331/3 books arrives soon after the recent, ‘Murder Ballads’, volume. Whereas, ‘Murder Ballads’, was a universal tale of musical history and folklore focussing on a particular album and artist, ‘From Elvis […]

Ole Whiskey Revival “Ole Whiskey Revival” (Whiskey Preachin Records, 2020)

December 22, 2020 Gordon Sharpe 0

Who would have thought there was life in this old dog yet? The days of Southern Rock, ramblin’ gamblin’ men, Capricorn Records and the South rising again seemed to be anchored firmly in the ’70s but […]

10 Songs about truckers and trucking – part three

December 15, 2020 Gordon Sharpe 9

The third instalment of this series, and don’t worry it’s the last. The road may go on forever but this series does not. Many of these picks are inspired by reader Pat Chappelle (so don’t blame […]

Book Review: Santi Elijah Holley “Murder Ballads” (Bloomsbury Academic, 2020)

December 9, 2020 Gordon Sharpe 2

I’ve been lucky enough to get hold of an e-book or two from regular reviewer Rick Bayles and, on first reading, I’d echo his thoughts that the Bloomsbury 331/3 series is excellent – even bearing in […]

Instrumental focus: We review 2 new albums without words from Ben Harper and John Lee Shannon

November 17, 2020 Gordon Sharpe 0

We don’t get instrumental albums to review in AUK land very often and lo and behold two pop up at once, the first being Ben Harper’s, ‘Winter is for Lovers’, the second ‘In and Of’, by […]