Rick Bayles

Classic Americana Albums: Jackson Browne “Late for the Sky”

February 24, 2021 Rick Bayles 12

Trawling back through the Americana UK archives I was surprised to see how little mention this excellent album from Jackson Browne has received in recent years. Jackson Browne remains one of the great songwriters of Americana […]

Ten top Swamp Pop tracks

February 23, 2021 Rick Bayles 7

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 […]

Forgotten Artists – The Black Sorrows

February 22, 2021 Rick Bayles 6

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 […]

The Unsung Heroes of Americana – Ovation Guitars

February 16, 2021 Rick Bayles 4

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. […]

Forgotten Artists – Larry Hosford

February 11, 2021 Rick Bayles 14

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. […]