Rick Bayles

AUK’s Chain Gang: Billy Bragg & Wilco “The Unwelcome Guest”

November 30, 2021 Rick Bayles 0

Last week’s Chain Gang used Folkway Records to serve as a link to Nancy Dupree from Lucinda Williams, so I thought I might make use of the same common factor in a slightly more roundabout way. […]

Classic Clips – The Highwomen “The Chain”, The Howard Stern Show, 2019

November 26, 2021 Rick Bayles 0

The Highwomen came about following a conversation Amanda Shires had with producer Dave Cobb, during the making of her 2016 album ‘My Piece of Land’. She thought of creating a female ‘supergroup’ in homage to the […]

Grapevine Springs “The Dark Sea”

November 22, 2021 Rick Bayles 0

EP that doesn’t offer quite enough. Working under the name Grapevine Springs, Norwegian musician Jon Ivar Stegarud has released this five-track EP, and it’s an intriguing recording. The Nordic take on Americana has become quite a […]

Whatever Happened to…The Balham Alligators

November 15, 2021 Rick Bayles 7

Whenever British-made Americana music is discussed you can, pretty much, assume that, sooner or later, the name Geraint Watkins will come up. Born in the village of Abertridwr, South Wales in 1951 the multi-instrumentalist would go […]

Unsung Heroes of Americana – Robert’s Western World, Nashville

November 11, 2021 Rick Bayles 3

There are many wonderful venues in Nashville; the Ryman Auditorium, the Bluebird Café, the Opry itself, but perhaps one of the most unusual, and largely unsung, is Robert’s Western World. Robert’s Western World is a honky-tonk […]

RE: My First Record Player
I had a Rotel amp and turntable too until the buttons s...
By Andy Short , 8 hours ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
@peterthompson When Ryan Adams string breaks during Bar...
By Andy Short , 8 hours ago
World Party - Private Revolution
Oh Karl - you left us much too soon. word on the street...
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Little Feat - Time Loves a Hero (vinyl) XTC - English...
By Peter Thompson , 3 days ago
David Allan Coe (9/6/1939 - 4/29/2026)
David Allan Coe was certainly a controversial figure, b...
By Joe Nathan , 4 days ago
RE: Versions!
You know those songs that you know and that song become...
By Paul Villers , 4 days ago
RE: My First Record Player
I don't remember the brand of my first record player sa...
By Paul Villers , 5 days ago
Beverley Martyn
I see that Beverley Martyn has died which is sad. I rat...
By Paul Villers , 5 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now
By Peter Thompson , 6 days ago

Kacey Musgraves Palace Theater, St Paul. 2 Feb 2019

Something for the long weekend: Kacey Musgraves “Middle of Nowhere”

May 1, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. If you haven’t bought your tickets yet to Americana 25, our festival taking place in Liverpool at the end of November, we have sold out around half of […]

Don’t forget our Americana 25 festival with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more – join us in Liverpool in November!

May 1, 2026 0

As we head into the bank holiday weekend, we wanted to remind you about Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of Americana UK, which comes to two stages across Liverpool’s Rough Trade venue and Quaker […]

Artwork for Todd Albright Album "Blues for Dexter Linwood"

Todd Albright “Blues for Dexter Linwood”

May 1, 2026 0

Authentic pre-war country blues played by an acclaimed 12-string master. This is Albright’s fourth album of acoustic country blues, played finger-picked style on a 12-string guitar. An acknowledged master of this style of playing, Albright doesn’t […]

Articles by Rick Bayles

AUK’s Chain Gang: Billy Bragg & Wilco “The Unwelcome Guest”

Classic Clips – The Highwomen “The Chain”, The Howard Stern Show, 2019

Grapevine Springs “The Dark Sea”

Whatever Happened to…The Balham Alligators

Unsung Heroes of Americana – Robert’s Western World, Nashville

Something for the long weekend: Kacey Musgraves “Middle of Nowhere”

Don’t forget our Americana 25 festival with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more – join us in Liverpool in November!

Todd Albright “Blues for Dexter Linwood”

Live Review: Julian Taylor + Michelle Stodart, Water Rats, London – 16th April 2026

Big Love Car Wash announces first European, UK and Ireland Tour