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Jonny Brick is a songwriter from Hertfordshire whose latest book is The Daily Bruce. He is the founding editor of the website A Country Way of Life, and he writes for Country Music People.
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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Ron Sexsmith

January 21, 2026 Jonny Brick 1

When I went to see Ron Sexsmith in London’s Islington a few years ago, his friend Nick Lowe was in the audience. The Jesus of Cool acknowledges a fine writer of popular song when he hears […]

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Album Reviews

Katie Spencer “What Love Is”

January 5, 2026 Jonny Brick 0

Acoustic folk full of sophistication and style. Katie Spencer, from Humberside, has released a delightful third album full of melody and guitar-picking. Some might refer to this as a headphones record, and it’s also one to […]

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For the Sake of the Song: Sheryl Crow “My Favorite Mistake”

December 8, 2025 Jonny Brick 2

These days, Sheryl Crow lives in Nashville, which makes perfect sense for an act whose music was always country-inflected. Nobody called her americana when she emerged in the 1990s at the vanguard of Women In Rock, […]

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Melanie Crew and Ross Palmer “Some Other Stories”

December 8, 2025 Jonny Brick 0

A dozen quiet, questioning songs full of gorgeous melodies and harmonies.  “Some Other Stories” is the second album from South London duo Crew and Palmer, who are life partners as well as musical ones, and they each […]

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More People Should Really Know About: Tennessee Twin

November 18, 2025 Jonny Brick 0

When I was involved in setting up the UK Country Music Association, which aims to amplify the voice of our domestic scene, I got to know Geoff Meads, who designed a stellar website for the UK-CMA. […]

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From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

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