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Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Jonathan Aird

January 29, 2026 Jonathan Aird 4

You’ll doubtless let a sigh of relief pass your lips, dear readers, when you hear that I am not going to tell you what a heart-wrenching difficulty this entry into “The Greatest Americana Songs of All […]

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The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Darren Lumbroso

January 22, 2026 Darren Lumbroso 4

Lists of popular songs have been around for more than a century. The US music trade paper Billboard began publishing a rundown of the top ten best-selling pieces of sheet music in June 1913. By January […]

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The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Graeme Tait

January 15, 2026 Graeme Tait 8

This new feature has now been running for approximately four months. During that time, I have simultaneously sympathised with my fellow writers at the magnitude of the challenge they have faced and marvelled at the array […]

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The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: John Lee

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This is a mighty difficult task. I was quite excited when my initial list came in at just under 100 songs. Then I thought of a few more. It feels like I should share some of […]

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The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Jonathan Smith

December 18, 2025 Jonathan Smith 10

I’ve always enjoyed lists in magazines, and for me they serve three purposes. One, they may introduce me to some new song or artist I’ve not been aware of; two, they may make me go back […]

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When pigs can fly and cows jump over the moon …. when hell freezes over …. when an NBA player gets called for “palming the ball” …. when George Costanza picks up a check … when […]

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“Are you really real, do you feel the same thing that I do, girl, when I touch you, girl?” ~ Ricky Nelson According to iconic filmmaker Federico Fellini, “The visionary is the only true realist.” Before […]

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Interview: Mikel Jollett of the Airborne Toxic Event on struggles, joys and the journey

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Hard times, no, unusually hard times served to bring the Airborne Toxic Event frontman Mikel Jollett a sense of purpose in life as a singer, songwriter, band leader, author and speaker about childhood trauma. As he […]

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Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

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