Rick Bayles

Tylor & The Train Robbers “Best of the Worst Kind” (Independent, 2019)

March 18, 2019 Rick Bayles 0

There’s a pleasant “open-ness” to some of the best Americana – that feeling of room to move, where you can clearly hear all the instrumentation and the lyrics and yet still see spaces in the songs. […]

AmericanA to Z – Joe Ely

February 19, 2019 Rick Bayles 1

As The Clash sang on 1980’s ‘If Music Could Talk’, “Well there ain’t no better blend than Joe Ely and his Texas Men.” Joe Ely has been making great music for the last 40 plus years […]

Alex Chilton “From Memphis to New Orleans” & “Songs From Robin Hood Lane” (Bar None Records, 2019)

January 30, 2019 Rick Bayles 1

Now here’s a real treat – not one but two albums of previously unreleased tracks and forgotten gems from one of the great counter-culture musicians, Alex Chilton. Chilton was a true original and a great example […]

Bob Collum & The Welfare Mothers “Pay, Pack And Carry” (Harbour Song Records, 2018)

December 19, 2018 Rick Bayles 0

Bob Collum hails from Tulsa, Oklahoma, which is a pretty good place to come from if you’re a man who makes music in the Americana genre. But Collum has added an interesting twist to his back […]

Book Review: Clinton Heylin “No One Else Could Play That Tune” (Route, 2018)

December 14, 2018 Rick Bayles 0

If, like many of us, you’re hoping a copy of Dylan’s “More Blood, More Tracks” might be among the presents awaiting your attention under the Christmas Tree, I suggest you drop the fat man in the […]