Amid today’s obsession with genre labelling (is this country, is this pop, is this….whatever), it feels all the more important to cherish artists whose priorities run counter to the marketing spin, sinister algorithms and other such […]
A collection of americana that spans decades. One of those words prone to overuse is “timeless” but there are occasions when it really does hit the spot. Such as when applied to describe the voice and […]
A re-release of visionary songwriting every bit as relevant in today’s world. To describe American songwriter Dan Bern’s output as prolific would be something of an understatement. In nearly as many years he has released thirty […]
Smoky blues rising from the swamp. On the strength of its rhythmic swampy blues and rasping vocals laden with soul this must be a record made in Louisiana sometime in the early 1970s. If the name […]
Deep thoughts with deft turns of phrase all to a warm West Coast sound. Amid the gloom under relentlessly grey skies as the year draws to a close a glimmer of sunshine appears from Long Island […]
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