Rick Bayles

AUK’s Chain Gang: Gretchen Peters “Hello Cruel World”

February 10, 2020 Rick Bayles 1

Following on from Peter Churchill’s excellent choice last week I was thinking that what I particularly love about Americana is the quality of the songwriting. With that in mind I’ve decided to post a track from […]

Forgotten Artists – Mike Nesmith

February 6, 2020 Rick Bayles 0

Of course Mike Nesmith, The Monkee, hasn’t been forgotten, he’ll always have his place in musical history as the woolly hatted member of TVs attempt to cash in on the popularity of loveable, mop-top boy bands […]

Book Review: Bryan Wagner “The Wild Tchoupitoulas” (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019)

January 15, 2020 Rick Bayles 0

There will be many who have never heard of ‘The Wild Tchoupitoulas’ but this was a seminal record in establishing an earthy, roots-based aspect of New Orleans music – as such it’s of major interest to […]

Luca “The House That We Know” EP (Independent, 2019)

January 10, 2020 Rick Bayles 0

Nice to have a debut recording from a homegrown talent to review at the start of a new year. Lauren Luca, known professionally as Luca, is a young singer/songwriter from the Manchester area and this is […]

Forgotten Artists – Arbre

January 8, 2020 Rick Bayles 10

For many, Arbre will be not so much a forgotten band as one they have never heard of – but this is a band that could claim to be among the earliest British exponents of Americana, […]