Features
Ten top Swamp Pop tracks
In the 1950s Cajun music and Rock and Roll got together and produced a daughter – they called her “Swamp Pop”! By now, regular readers will know I’m quite a fan of Cajun and Zydeco music […]
Articles by Rick Bayles
Features
Forgotten Artists – The Black Sorrows
Another possible first for the FORGOTTEN ARTISTS series – I don’t think we’ve featured an Antipodean band before! The Black Sorrows hail from Melbourne, Australia, and started life as an R&B covers band. The founder and […]
Features
The Unsung Heroes of Americana – Ovation Guitars
Guitars are obviously major contributors to the sound of Americana and we’ve already had articles about two iconic guitar models here on The Unsung Heroes of Americana series – the Gibson J45 and the Martin D28. […]
Features
Forgotten Artists – Larry Hosford
For this FORGOTTEN ARTISTS feature our esteemed Interviews Editor, Martin Johnson, has dragged himself away from his questioning of the great and good to look back on the career of the late Californian singer/songwriter, Larry Hosford. […]
Features
Ten more top Cajun/Zydeco tracks
It seems my recent article on top Cajun/Zydeco tracks struck a chord with some, so I thought I’d strike again, while the iron was hot, and sneak in a little more Cajun comfort. Most people only […]