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Classic Americana Albums: Bobbie Gentry “The Delta Sweete”

February 25, 2026 Dean Nardi 0

Another in our series of occasional Features looks at one of the great unsung albums of the 60s. After the fanfare of recording a #1 hit single in Ode to Billy Joe, in 1968 Bobbie Gentry […]

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Classic Americana Albums: Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle “Colvin & Earle”

May 19, 2025 Dean Nardi 2

Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle discovered they had a lot more in common than being respected recording artists in the Americana and folk genres. They both have struggled with addiction (Earle heroin and a smorgasbord of […]

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Classic Americana Albums: Tom Rapp “A Journal of the Plague Year”

March 12, 2025 Dean Nardi 2

A contributory article to an occasional series. Italo Calvino, the eminent Italian writer, once wrote, “The more we think we know the classics through hearsay, the more original, unexpected, and innovative we find them when we […]

Classic Americana Albums: Lou Ann Barton “Old Enough”

February 28, 2024 Tim Martin 1

In 1982 Linda Ronstatdt’s ‘Get Closer’ failed to go platinum and it looked like her career might have peaked. Jerry Wexler of Elektra/Asylum Records had found Lou Ann Barton working with Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Double Trouble, […]

Classic Americana Albums: Trish Murphy “Crooked Mile”

February 21, 2024 Paul Russell 4

Debut albums from an unknown artist are always not only difficult to make, but also challenging to market and get decent sales. Trish Murphy is a Houston native and her father was a struggling musician as […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Roger McGuinn “Car Phone”

July 13, 2026 1

Roger McGuinn has been a musical staple for as long as I can claim to have been making my own choices about what I listen to, through the Byrds and various attempts to put together three-letter […]

Ed Snodderly “ES Pearl Presents Baggage Flies Free”

July 13, 2026 1

No fuss, just an album of beautifully crafted songs straight from the heart. Five decades into a career that has seen Ed Snodderly as a songwriter, performer, actor, and owner of the legendary Down Home club […]

Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0

Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]