Rick Bayles

Classic Clips: Chris Thile, Punch Brothers, Sarah Jarosz “A Prairie Home Companion” – 30th January 2016

December 16, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

How’s this for a great combination of musicians?! Chris Thile, the rest of the Punch Brothers, and Sarah Jarosz combining talents on a beautiful rendition of ‘The Mississippi is Frozen’ for the American radio show, A […]

Boulder Fields “Falkirk Attic Demos”

December 7, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

Folkier reinventions of a hard-rocking past. This EP (5 tracks) is the debut release from new Scottish outfit, Boulder Fields, consisting of singer/songwriter Cam Fraser, fiddle player Amy Geddes and mandolin player Iain McCleod. It’s a […]

Cajun Corner – “Roots of Fire”

December 2, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

An Award Winning Festival Film celebrates Cajun Culture. Something of a Cajun Christmas Cracker to tell you about. The beginning of November saw the release of a new movie about Cajun music and culture. ‘Roots of […]

Interview – Iain Matthews talks about a long career of interpreting American roots music

December 1, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

Even coming from Scunthorpe, listening to Hank Williams and Curtis Mayfield you were going to follow the US path. I’ve long been a fan of Iain Matthews and his interpretation of American Folk and Country music. […]

The View From Across La Manche #10 – From our own correspondent

November 30, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

Highly strung hibernation. It appears this is my tenth report on our life here in France and it marks the approach of our second anniversary of the move across La Manche. We relocated early in December […]