Rick Thorn

Chickasaw Mudd Puppies “Fall Line”

March 17, 2023 Rick Thorn 0

Deep South Americana. Fast and furious. Coming from Athens Georgia this duo has reformed from the Eighties following the discovery of some of their songs for the film ‘Tracing Cowboys’. This time they have also added […]

Ben Walker “Banish Air from Air”

March 7, 2023 Rick Thorn 0

British folk music at its most thought-provoking. Ben Walker is such an interesting character. A post-grad in Mathematics and a classically trained virtuoso on the guitar. Described by Total Guitar Magazine as ‘one of the best […]

Classic Americana Albums: Mary Gauthier “Filth and Fire”

February 22, 2023 Rick Thorn 2

The opening lines of ‘Walk Through the Fire’ the first track on this 2002 album perfectly sum up its feel and tone ‘’In the darkness, it finds me, the terrible fire. It doesn’t matter how I […]

I’m Kingfisher “Glue”

February 10, 2023 Rick Thorn 0

Is this a new genre? Lounge Americana. I’m Kingfisher is the alias of multi-award-winning Swedish folk artist Thomas Jonsson. It is the fifth in this guise and his eight overall. “ All I wanted to do […]

Tim Easton “North American Songwriter Vol. 1 and 2”

January 26, 2023 Rick Thorn 0

Unplugged and raw – Close your eyes and let Easton transport you to a better, gentler world. Born in Ohio but now living in Nashville. Easton describes himself as a dyed-in-the-wool troubadour. In the mode of […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 1

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers

August 5, 2026 0

Includes tracks from My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams and MJ Lenderman among others. Cinema Music Group, Killphonic Records, and City Slang have announced Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2 – Out of […]

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