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A Brexit Britain escapee who now lives in SW France. Wine, cheese and good music are my 'raisons d'être'.
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Book Review: John Milward “Americanaland; Where Country & Western Met Rock ‘n’ Roll”

August 3, 2021 Rick Bayles 6
If, like many of us, you have struggled to explain your love of Americana music to lesser mortals or, more likely, faced the frequent question, “But what, exactly, is Americana” then you will be relieved to […]
Album Reviews

David Crosby “For Free”

August 2, 2021 Rick Bayles 5
A big gun shoots and scores! A new David Crosby album could never be anything other than an event. One of the great voices of American music who will always be associated with the Byrds, Crosby […]
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Cajun Corner – Dwayne Dopsie “Set Me Free”

July 19, 2021 Rick Bayles 0
New music from one of the big names in Zydeco! It’s always good to celebrate the release of a new Zydeco album but it’s especially exciting when that album comes with a connection to one of […]
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Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

July 8, 2021 Rick Bayles 37
Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]
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The Flatlanders “Treasure of Love”

July 5, 2021 Rick Bayles 1
Texan “Supergroup” rides again! And it’s long overdue. As the old adage goes “It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good” and, while the events of the last couple of years have certainly been an […]

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Something for the weekend: This is Lorelie “Angel’s Eye”

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Well that’s it from us for this week and we leave you dear reader with the fantastic opening track from the 2024 album Box for Buddy, Box for Star from American singer, songwriter and record producer […]
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Book of Churches “Book of Churches”

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Gentle songs of quiet reflection for staying grounded in hurried times. Hot on the heels of last year’s critically acclaimed release, Divorce singer and guitarist Felix Mackenzie-Barrow returns with the eponymously titled debut album from his […]
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Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

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While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]
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Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

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At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

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Preview: Words and Music Festival – Nantwich South Cheshire, October 11th – 17th

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As live music slowly finds its feet again it seems a good idea to give as many shout-outs as possible for upcoming events. On that basis we bring to your attention the ‘Words and Music Festival’, […]
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John Prine and Margo Price fight Alabama abortion ban

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Recent events in Alabama would have Margaret Atwood spinning in her grave if she was dead. Still, good to have resistance from the americana community. RS reports: “John Prine and Margo Price have joined the chorus of voices coming […]
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