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Classic Americana Albums: Ry Cooder “Bop Till You Drop” (Warners, 1979)

November 19, 2020 David Jarman 0

In his long and illustrious career Ry Cooder has cut out a unique niche with his reinterpretations of American blues and roots music, and never to greater effect than on his 1979 release ‘Bop Till You […]

Classic Americana Albums: Joni Mitchell “Blue” (Warner Records, 1971)

November 11, 2020 Helen Jones 6

Discovering ‘Blue’ by Joni Mitchell deserves to live alongside many other coming of age milestones for a particular kind of teenage girl: there is your first kiss, your first heartbreak, and then there is ‘Blue’. I […]

Classic Americana Albums: Leon Russell “Hank Wilson’s Back Vol 1” (Shelter Records, 1973)

October 28, 2020 Martin Johnson 4

These days, not many people are aware of Leon Russell’s music and while fans of americana may recognise the name of one of the architects of the genre, even most americana fans are more familiar with […]

Classic Americana Albums: Tom Petty “Wildflowers” (Warner Bros.,1994)

October 22, 2020 Keith Hargreaves 0

Tom Petty’s first studio album for his new label Warner Brothers found him escaping the uber-producer Jeff Lynne whose hand had influenced every musical decision on his previous 3 outings; twice as a Heartbreaker and once […]

Classic Americana albums: Alejandro Escovedo “Gravity” (Watermelon Records, 1992)

October 14, 2020 Paul Kerr 2

After a decade and a half of recording with a series of bands (including The Nuns, who opened for The Sex Pistols USA tour) and gradually mutating from punk to Americana, Alejandro Escovedo finally emerged fully-grown […]