Features
I Write the Songs – Roger Cook
Now, here’s one for all you quiz compilers out there – who was the first (and, so far, only) British songwriter to be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame? Yes, it’s Roger Frederick Cook, […]
Articles by Rick Bayles
Book Reviews
Book Review – “Western Edge: The Roots and Reverberations of Los Angeles Country-Rock”
It’s already looking like 2023 will be a great year for new books on Americana and related subjects, having seen some of the titles that will be published in the next few months, and the year […]
News
Neilson Hubbard reveals photography exhibition next week
Neilson Hubbard, the American singer-songwriter and producer who was responsible for Mary Gauthier’s Grammy nominated ‘Rifles and Rosary Beads‘ and who has worked with other artists such as Kim Richey and Sam Baker, will be launching […]
Album Reviews
Erik Vincent Huey “Appalachian Gothic”
A good debut album that could’ve been that little bit leaner. ‘Appalachian Gothic’ is the debut solo offering from Erik Vincent Huey who, under the name Cletus McCoy, fronts cowpunk band The Surreal McCoys (a band […]
Americana Bedrock
Americana Bedrock: Iain Matthews
There will be those that will raise a quizzical eyebrow to see Iain Matthews’ name on an article about key names in the americana music genre but I would argue that, in the UK and wider […]