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Classic Americana Albums: The Jayhawks “The Sound of Lies” (American Recordings, 1997)

May 13, 2020 Keith Hargreaves 1

In the winter of 1996 The Jayhawks were still ostensibly reeling from the departure of Mark Olson the supposed key writing partner of Gary Louris and certainly one of the figureheads of the band. The brace […]

Classic Americana Albums: Manassas “Manassas” (Atlantic Records, 1972)

May 5, 2020 Jonathan Aird 7

His bandmate Graham Nash may have sung prophetically of being ‘King Midas in Reverse‘ – everything that is touched would turn to rust – but there was a golden period from the release of ‘Crosby Stills […]

Classic Americana Albums: Courtney Marie Andrews “Honest Life” (Loose, 2017)

April 29, 2020 Joe Edwards 1

Courtney Marie Andrews ‘Honest Life’ beholds some life-affirming writing. The use of confessional and observational writing coupled with the liquid cool backdrop of the band make this album quite simply, an unmissable modern-day classic of Americana. […]

Classic Americana Albums: Lucinda Williams “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road” (Mercury, 1998)

April 23, 2020 Jim Finnie 0

In 1998 when ‘Car Wheels on a Gravel Road’ was released my musical tastes were much more rock-oriented and my gradual assimilation into all things Americana was really just beginning and I paid it scant attention […]

Classic Americana Albums: Jeff Buckley “Grace” (Columbia, 1994)

April 15, 2020 Helen Jones 0

An ex boyfriend of mine once told me that a friend of his (whom I never met) got to see Jeff Buckley perform once. This was told to me years ago, yet I still sometimes find […]

Jenny Gillespie Mason “Medicine Of Light” – a healing balm

July 14, 2026 0

On her new album In the Safety of the Light, Jenny Gillespie Mason is turning back to her musical roots. After a decade pursuing psychedelic pop, jazz, and electronic textures through her project Sis (and most […]

Video: Alex Southey “Green Sunday” – a constant giving-in

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Vancouver-born, Toronto-based singer-songwriter Alex Southey has released an absorbing new single. Green Sunday opens with gently insistent guitar before lush layers are introduced and, halfway through, percussion is ushered in, giving the song a greater urgency. […]

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

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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 […]