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Clint’s Classic Clips: Guy Clark with Emmylou Harris and Los Lobos, US late night TV 1993

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Songwriting legend assembles a half-decent backing band to perform on US TV. In 1992 the great Guy Clark released ‘Boats to Build’ his seventh album. Alongside such notables as Rodney Crowell, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush and […]
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Shuffle: Australia – Part 1

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I recently took the plunge and purchased a load of new music from Bandcamp, and one thing that I noticed was that there were a lot of Australian bands, which got me thinking about my interactions […]
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Clint’s Classic Clips: Jason Isbell “The Life You Chose” Later… with Jools Holland 2016

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Everyone’s favourite ex-Trucker gives a polished performance at the Beeb. I once saw BBC6 Music presenter Mark Radcliffe perform with one of his occasional bands. It probably won’t make my AUK ‘A Night to Remember’ slot […]
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Clint’s Classic Clips: Dolly Parton “Coat of Many Colors” ‘Parkinson’ 1979

July 23, 2021 Clint West 0
The Queen of Country Music gives a spellbinding performance on the BBC’s ‘Parkinson’ show. Michael Parkinson hosted a chat show on the BBC from 1971 to 1982, later returning from 1998-2004 and finishing with a short […]
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Shuffle: A Scottish Summer

July 23, 2021 David Cowling 0
This week a collision of circumstances gave me the idea for this column. Firstly I had to abandon my initial idea for the column, as it turns out not everything is on the internet (more about […]

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Interview: Hal Cannon on cowboy poetry, songs and folklore

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For Hal Cannon, life should be very simple – love the place you live, love the ones you know, if you’re needy, why not give, then see if you’re still low. Words to live by, extracted […]
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Experiencing a rebirth with Algebra for Broken Hearts, the St. Paul, Minnesota band’s twelfth album on Julian Records (2025), is crucial language, one voicing an undersung American existence. Like the novel, I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif […]
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