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Classic Americana Albums: Ray Charles “Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music”

March 31, 2021 Mark Nenadic 2

Ray Charles was one smart son of a gun. He’d conquered the RnB world during the 1950s, despite his own blindness and American society’s overt racial barriers. But he knew there was beauty and versatility in […]

Classic Americana Albums: Levon Helm & The RCO All Stars ” Levon Helm & The RCO All Stars”

March 24, 2021 Alan Fitter 2

In a recent poll on this very website, The Band’s eponymous 1969 album was voted the top Americana album of all time – a deserved honour for a band who epitomises the genre with a body […]

Classic Americana Albums: The Blasters “The Blasters”

March 17, 2021 Guy Lincoln 12

Today’s ‘classic album’ is ‘The Blasters‘ by The Blasters, a beacon of American music and a record that is as perfect an encapsulation of the collision between punk and roots as it is possible to imagine. […]

Classic Americana Albums: Linda Ronstadt “Don’t Cry Now”

March 3, 2021 Tim Martin 1

By the time Linda Ronstadt was reaching the height of her fame in the mid-70s it was taken as read that the artist wrote their songs. So, it was a topic that interviewers brought up throughout […]

Classic Americana Albums: Jackson Browne “Late for the Sky”

February 24, 2021 Rick Bayles 12

Trawling back through the Americana UK archives I was surprised to see how little mention this excellent album from Jackson Browne has received in recent years. Jackson Browne remains one of the great songwriters of Americana […]