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Sounds from beyond the Shed – week 30
Steady as she goes… Things are improving at school despite a feeling that a stable door has been shut after the horse has not only exited the building but has taken up residence in an EU […]
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Classic Clips: Leon Russell, Willie Nelson, Maria Muldaur, Bonnie Raitt – 1979
An early glimpse of Paradise on a 1920’s blues standard from Burbank, California. Leon Russell, as well as being one of the founding fathers of what came to be called americana, was also a major innovator […]
Americana Roots
Americana Roots: The Blues Orphans
Americana Roots highlights the freshest and most original Americana and bluegrass from across the pond in the US. It covers everything from brand-new, just out of the box bands, to cult favourites, to established acts who […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed – week 29
Back on the wheel as the pandemic wreaks havoc in education. After my brush with this horrendous disease I have returned to work, in a somewhat weakened state for now, to find the problem with absenteeism […]
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Classic Clips: The Jayhawks “She Walks in So Many Ways” – Letterman, 2011
The Jayhawks are one of those bands who never get old, no matter how many times you hear them and regardless of their current band composition. In 2011 they released ‘Mockinbird Time’, their eighth studio album […]