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Classic Americana Albums: Emmylou Harris “Wrecking Ball”

November 15, 2023 Graeme Tait 2

Released in 1995, ‘Wrecking Ball’, was Emmylou Harris’ eighteenth studio album in a career that stretched all the way back to 1969. The intervening 26 years had seen Harris establish herself at the very forefront of […]

Classic Americana Albums: Doc & Merle Watson “Two Days in November”

November 8, 2023 Rick Bayles 0

This one’s for those of you who like some classic americana picking and it really doesn’t get any better than Doc & Merle Watson. Doc Watson is widely, and rightly, considered one of the finest guitar […]

Classic Americana Albums: Viktor Krauss “Far From Enough”

October 25, 2023 Tim Martin 0

When you can assemble a band that includes Jerry Douglas, Bill Frisell, drummer Steve Jordan (Charlie Watts chosen successor in The Rolling Stones) and Alison Krauss, even if the latter is your sister, then you must […]

Classic Americana Albums: Bob Neuwirth “Look Up”

October 18, 2023 Clint West 3

Many will know Bob Neuwirth as a friend and road manager of Bob Dylan, whom he first met at a festival in 1961. However, Neuwirth was also a musician, songwriter and painter of considerable talent. He […]

Album cover artwork for Steve Earle "Washington Square Serenade"

Classic Americana Albums: Steve Earle “Washington Square Serenade”

October 6, 2023 Andrew Raw 0

I have chosen Steve Earle’s 2007 album ‘Washington Square Serenade’ as this week’s classic album. There will be lots of debate as to which is Earle’s best album; this is my favourite. In particular, I find […]

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

July 13, 2026 3

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 […]