A writer’s view of a favourite artist’s best and least favourite album
In 1974, aged 20, Earle hitchhiked to Nashville to find one of his favourite songwriters, Guy Clark. Earle managed to blag a role in Clark’s band as a bassist and played on his 1975 album “Old […]
It’s easy to overlook what a talent Rodney Crowell is (and a bona fide pioneer of Americana music). He is an extremely intuitive and empathetic songwriter, an accomplished guitarist and has a pleasing and recognisable voice. […]
Has Guy Clark ever recorded a bad song or released an unlistenable album? Certainly not, so why, you may be wondering include his catalogue in this series? Well, it is because Guy Clark was an acknowledged […]
In contrast to some of my colleagues I found this feature fairly straightforward to write. I can vividly remember the disappointment of becoming invested in an artist, only to find that when their next album arrived […]
As many others have written, this feature is one which is really hard to write. Unless it’s a review, no one really wants to take time and space talking down an artist’s work when there is […]
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