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, […]
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 […]
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. […]
Pretty melodies and bleak landscapes combine on this grounded album. “It’s my home, I suppose,” sings Robin Bennett on the title track, which opens the third Dreaming Spires album. It’s about Didcot, the in-between town in […]
Yes, it’s a fool’s errand, but this feature helps contributors like me to express their love for particular songs which, to them, define the nebulous americana genre. My top ten includes some of the biggest names […]
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