Obituaries
The Song Remains: Don Everly 1937 – 2021
Personal reflections on a musician who was so much more than a great singer. The great Don Everly has left us. He died at his Nashville home on Saturday, 21st August 2021, he was 84. No […]
Articles by Rick Bayles
Book Reviews
Book Review: John Milward “Americanaland; Where Country & Western Met Rock ‘n’ Roll”
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”
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 […]
Album Reviews
Cajun Corner – Dwayne Dopsie “Set Me Free”
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 […]
Essentials
Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums
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 […]