Rick Bayles

Book/Mixed Media Review – Li’l Andy “The Complete Recordings of Hezekiah Procter (1925 – 1930)”

November 4, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

Fascinating and ambitious project that shines a light on the roots of Old Time music and the start of commercial recording. We’ve had some really good multi-media projects come to us for review this year, and […]

John Fullbright “The Liar”

November 1, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

Collaboration is the key. Back in 2018 we reviewed an album called “Restoration”, in which a bunch of Americana artists got to “re-imagine” a number of Elton John songs, and this album is slightly reminiscent of […]

The View From Across La Manche #9 – From our own correspondent

October 27, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

We’re going to start this month’s column with an apology. Not for us the way of the tabloids, to bury apologies in some long dusty corner, we screw up, we’re front and centre about it! Friends […]

I Write the Songs – “Cowboy” Jack Clement

October 25, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

We’re going back to an old school, country songwriter for this month’s I Write the Songs. Jack Henderson Clement, born in Memphis, Tennessee in the April of 1931 started playing and performing at an early age, […]

Americana Bedrock – Linda Ronstadt

October 24, 2022 Rick Bayles 1

In introducing this new series, Features Editor Clint West said that “this series will explore some of the artists that have laid down the foundations of what we now refer to as ‘americana’”. I think one […]