Features Editor Clint West writes: Welcome to a new fortnightly feature ‘Americana Bedrock’. The series will explore some of the artists that have laid down the foundations of what we now refer to as ‘americana’. AUK […]
Unlike my multi-faceted fellow scribes I’ve never really been into an artist, far less an entire genre, long enough to qualify as a “side” completely independent of what can be traced quite easily to what we […]
Collaboration guided this selection. Over the years Ben Glover is someone who has written and performed extensively with a wide range of fellow americana artists in studios, and outside, in the US, Europe and his Northern […]
Giving some old songs a new, genuine, bluegrass identity. Whatever the occupation, but particularly anything creative, a period of reflection and taking stock can be very beneficial. Whether that bright light of innovation has dimmed or […]
Dark tales to virtuoso gothic banjo. Mean Mary James is nothing if not prolific. If you think you’ve just read a review of her latest release, you have: that was ‘Portrait of a Woman’. Barely a […]
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