Rick Bayles

Classic Americana Album: Roseanne Cash “King’s Record Shop”

April 12, 2023 Rick Bayles 0

The 80s wasn’t a great period for classic americana albums. The fashion at the time dictated that many albums were overproduced and featured lots of synthesisers and effects and these are not styles that suit roots-based […]

The First Time: Rick Bayles – The Monkees, Wembley Empire Pool, London, July 1967

April 11, 2023 Rick Bayles 2

At the time, nowhere near as cool or trendy as many colleagues’ recent ‘First Times’ featuring the Who, Beatles, and Rolling Stones and, for years, I would claim the first gig I attended was the Small […]

Cajun Corner – 10 Cajun/Zydeco Songs That Weren’t Cajun/Zydeco Songs

April 3, 2023 Rick Bayles 7

When I get out and about on my missionary work, preaching the Cajun gospel to unbelievers, the two disparaging comments I hear most often are “The songs are so obscure” and “It’s all sung in French”. […]

View from Across La Manche #13 – From Our Own Correspondent

March 31, 2023 Rick Bayles 0

There’s a riot going on… It’s been a very lively month here, politically. As I’m sure most people know, Emmanuel Macron survived two No Confidence votes on the evening of March 20th, after he forced his […]

Interviews

Interview: Elliott Landy on a new book of The Band photographs and the independence that Kickstarter brings

March 30, 2023 Rick Bayles 0

Capturing images of a unique group of musicians as they created their own genre of music. Elliott Landy is the photographer who will be forever associated with Woodstock. One of the first music photographers to be […]