Features
I Write The Songs: Gretchen Peters
After a string of songwriters who made their names in the early days of country and what we now consider to be Americana, I wanted to turn our attention to a songwriter who is still very […]
Articles by Rick Bayles
But Is It Americana?
But is it Americana? – Fotheringay
Welcome to a new series of features in which some of our writers will try to justify an Americana tag on a band and/or album that wouldn’t, usually, be associated with this genre. This series has […]
Features
I Write The Songs: Shel Silverstein
Sheldon Allan Silverstein was born in Chicago, Illinois, September 25, 1930, and would grow up to be something of a Renaissance Man. Writer, playwright, cartoonist, poet and songwriter, he was successful in all these fields, though […]
Columns
The View From Across La Manche #4 – from our own correspondent
Markets, Macron and Musique. Rural France is, pretty much, in semi-hibernation for much of the winter. Around mid-October, it all goes very quiet. Many bars and restaurants shut up shop and people just hunker down to […]
Album Reviews
Ferris & Sylvester “Superhuman”
Is it too early to call this the debut album of the year? Wow. That certainly blows away the cobwebs! ‘Superhuman’ is the debut album from British duo, Ferris and Sylvester, and it’s fair to say […]