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Classic Americana Albums: Glen Campbell “Ghost on the Canvas”

August 2, 2023 Guy Lincoln 3

OK, so the backstory is well known. Glenn Campbell was, and remains, one of popular music’s greats. A storied session guitarist and vocalist he appeared on some of the 60s most iconic records – ‘River Deep […]

Classic Americana Albums: Over The Rhine “Drunkards Prayer”

July 26, 2023 Paul Russell 1

Never has the complicated, raw and unpredictable path to true love been better laid bare than this beautiful, stunning collection of heartfelt, highly personal songs. The core duo of Karin Bergquist, with her extraordinarily powerful voice, […]

Classic Americana Albums: Tom Waits “Closing Time”

July 19, 2023 Jonathan Smith 1

A drunk props himself up at one end of a seedy bar; a down-and-out stumbles across a dirty city street in search of somewhere safe in an unfriendly city; a working girl looks blankly at the […]

Classic Americana Albums: Buck Owens and his Buckaroos “I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail”

July 12, 2023 Kimberly Bright 2

It’s difficult to find a classic album representative of the quintessential Bakersfield sound without delving into the early records of Buck Owens and his Buckaroos. ‘I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail,’ Owens’ breakthrough 1965 album, […]

Classic Americana Albums: Skip Spence “Oar”

July 5, 2023 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

One of the roads to great americana is paved with maverick artists who have found new ways to interpret roots music in an unexpected manner. A legend like Gram Parsons is considered as one of the […]

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 […]

Ed Snodderly “ES Pearl Presents Baggage Flies Free”

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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 […]