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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
Classic Americana Albums

Classic Americana Albums: Randy Newman “Sail Away”

March 30, 2022 Gordon Sharpe 2

A unique voice and – for once – it’s no exaggeration. In a number of previous articles, I have let it be known that I have great admiration for Randy Newman and I suggested that the […]

Book Reviews

Paperback Riders: Peter Biskind “Easy Riders, Raging Bulls”

March 25, 2022 Gordon Sharpe 0

Paperback Riders at the pictures. If, as I do, you love the American cinema of the 70s then you may not want to read this book, you may not even want to read this article. That […]

Other stuff

Will Oldham and John Sayles – “Matewan”

March 16, 2022 Gordon Sharpe 0

A powerful tale of working life in the 1920’s Virginia coal mines. Americana goes to the movies, as Gordon Sharpe takes another of his occasional looks at films making good use of an Americana-based soundtrack… Film […]

Book Reviews

Book Review – Philip Watson “Bill Frisell: Beautiful Dreamer”

March 15, 2022 Gordon Sharpe 0

An encapsulation of the diverse music, if not quite the life, of a major American musician. In an article in August 2020, about notable acoustic guitar players, I threw in a wild card with Bill Frisell. […]

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AUK’s Chain Gang: Malvina Reynolds “Little Boxes”

March 14, 2022 Gordon Sharpe 0

The link to last week’s feature is that of property and housing and, whereas we were contemplating an apparently desirable ocean-front property, this week we are looking at the other end of the market – little […]

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Ruby Friedman Orchestra “Chimes after Midnight”

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  • Los Straitjackets to release first album of original material in thirteen years
  • Ruby Friedman Orchestra “Chimes after Midnight”
  • Live Review: Yvonne Lyon and Boo Hewerdine + Sharon Maher, Kirton in Lindsey – 5th July 2025
  • Peter Rowan “Tales of the Free Mexican Air Force”
  • The Fisherman Three “Electricity” – the alternative is only what?
  • Video Premiere: John McTigue III “Ghost Riders in the Sky”
  • Something for the weekend: Briscoe “Roughnecks”
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  • Live Review: John Fullbright, Guthrie Green, Tulsa, Oklahoma – 28th June 2025
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Behind the Songs: Chris Stamey “Anything Is Possible”

July 10, 2025 0

North Carolina singer-songwriter and producer Chris Stamey is an indie rock icon with a long and illustrious history, starting in the mid-70s with Mitch Easter in the band Sneakers, then co-founding the avant-pop band The dBs […]

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Interview: Michelle Billingsley on honky-tonkin’ and two-steppin’

July 2, 2025 0

It was a windy, wintry January day in Chicago when June, Michelle Billingsley’s 50-pound Australian Shepherd, jumped up beside her on the couch. “Yeah, she saw me putting on my makeup, which usually means I’m going […]

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Interview: Swarme of Beese finds more poetry in darkness than in light

June 30, 2025 0

The term mutant folk seems to fit. In the band’s early days, before The Victor Mourning emerged from the pupa into an adult Swarme of Beese, their songs elicited unusual receptions. Co-songwriter Lynne Adele recalls performing […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

July 13, 2023 48

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 […]

Essentials

Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

July 8, 2021 34

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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