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About Rick Bayles
A Brexit Britain escapee who now lives in SW France. Wine, cheese and good music are my 'raisons d'être'.
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Mary Elizabeth Remington “In Embudo”

March 8, 2023 Rick Bayles 0
A beautiful simplicity. This is the sort of record we don’t seem to hear too often these days; simple, well-constructed songs, played and sung without excess embellishment or excessive drama. Using simple accompaniment and, in some […]
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AUK Chain Gang: The Country Soul Revue “Sapelo”

March 6, 2023 Rick Bayles 0
It’s a privilege and a pleasure to follow Andrew Raw’s excellent choice of the superb Clarence Carter and his fine version of the song ‘Slip Away’. I’ve long been a fan of country soul and it’s […]
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The View From Across La Manche #12 – From our own correspondent

March 1, 2023 Rick Bayles 0
Plus ça change… Quite a contrast between last month’s featured article photo and this month’s! It seems like it was full on winter only yesterday and now spring is making a definite attempt to show up. […]
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I Write the Songs – Roger Miller

February 28, 2023 Rick Bayles 1
A wayward genius who hid a tough life behind an ability to raise a laugh. Roger Miller often gets dismissed as a novelty songwriter but such a simple view derides the intelligence of one of the […]
Cajun Corner

Cajun Corner  – A tribute to Austin Pitre

February 21, 2023 Rick Bayles 2
We’ve got news of something that should be of special interest to those of you who appreciate good Cajun music. Nouveau Electric Records, a Louisiana-based record company that champions the music of Cajun people, be it […]

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As we head into the bank holiday weekend, we wanted to remind you about Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of Americana UK, which comes to two stages across Liverpool’s Rough Trade venue and Quaker […]
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Todd Albright “Blues for Dexter Linwood”

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Authentic pre-war country blues played by an acclaimed 12-string master. This is Albright’s fourth album of acoustic country blues, played finger-picked style on a 12-string guitar. An acknowledged master of this style of playing, Albright doesn’t […]

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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

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Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

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David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]
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Interview: Charlie Musselwhite knows the highway and it knows him

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At age 82, Charlie Musselwhite continues to put out relevant and meaningful albums. Sweet. While his body of work may not conjure memories for some of our younger readers, it’s great to see him continuing his […]

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Various Artists “Too Late To Pray: Defiant Chicago Roots” (Bloodshot Records, 2019)

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Bloodshot Records came into being 25 years ago with the release of a compilation album of ‘Insurgent Chicago Country’. In their own words, “It embraced the pathos and quotidian hardships of classic country with the energy […]
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Oscar and Grammy-winning musician Ryan Bingham will release They Call Us The Lucky Ones, his new album with The Texas Gentlemen, on 15th May 2026 via The Bingham Recording Co./Thirty Tigers. It is his first full-length […]
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