Interviews
Interview: Corb Lund on the real “El Viejo”
How a love of Norwegian black metal helped forge a career in cowboy music. Corb Lund is a cowboy and rancher who also happens to write, sing and perform cowboy songs, he also happens to be […]
Articles by Martin Johnson
Classic Clips
Classic Clips: Jerry Garcia & David Grisman “Friend of the Devil” – The Late Show, 1993
The 1990s were not a good time for Jerry Garcia despite the fact that the Grateful Dead had reached new levels of popularity following the success of 1987’s ‘In The Dark’, and they were second only […]
Features
The Song Remains: John Mayall (1933 – 2024)
Maybe he wasn’t americana but we wouldn’t have americana without his example. It is difficult to overstate the influence that John Mayall, who passed away at home surrounded by his family on 22nd July, had on […]
Interviews
Video Interview: Jim Keller talks about “Daylight”
From power pop to cult roots music songwriter via managing Philip Glass. You would struggle to script Jim Keller’s career if you were working on a piece of fiction and make it believable. He first tasted […]
Interviews
Video Interview: Elaine Palmer on “Half Moon Rising”
Music that reflects the North Yorkshire Moors and America’s South West deserts. Emily Palmer has always been musical, so much so that as a child she thought everyone wrote songs. As she matured as an artist […]