Rick Bayles

The Song Remains: Norma Waterson 1939 – 2022

February 2, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

A unique innovator within the folk tradition and the UK’s own Maybelle Carter. One of the great voices of British Folk Music will sing no more. Norma Waterson, a founding member of The Watersons and a […]

I Write the Songs: Felice & Boudleaux Bryant

January 31, 2022 Rick Bayles 3

Welcome to a new feature series where we take a look at some of the great songwriters who have made their names in Americana music. The focus of this series is on those that, at least […]

The Blues Against Youth “As the Tide Gets High and Low”

January 25, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

Modern Country Blues are alive and well and living in Turin, Italy. Every so often an album comes along that takes you by surprise and puts a smile on your face. “As the Tide Gets High […]

The View from Across La Manche – From our own correspondent

January 24, 2022 Rick Bayles 6

A new column that looks at life, and the search for Americana music, on the other side of the Channel. On the 9th December 2020, my wife and I put a couple of suitcases, and our […]

Clever Hopes “Artefact”

January 18, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

A good debut but an unbalanced duo. This is a confident and well-produced debut album from new Canadian duo Clever Hopes, Andrew Shaver and Eva Foote. It’s an album of ten, well-written tracks from Shaver (closing […]