Reading Andy Davisdon’s excellent review of their new album at AUK last week reminded me about Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter. She appeared (at least as far as I was concerned) with 2002’s “Reckless Burning”. […]
Earlier this year, the late-great LA singer-songwriter Warren Zevon was finally inducted into the ‘Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’. With a recording career that spanned twenty-three years, culminating in thirteen studio albums and a string […]
If asked to name americana artists who most faithfully carry the spirit of the roots of the genre in their original songwriting, Diana Jones will always be in the forefront of my mind, along with Gillian […]
A number of the top music artists who have managed to have long, successful careers have had the ability to reinvent themselves periodically. Think David Bowie, Elvis Presley, Cher, Madonna, Neil Young, Kylie Minogue, Johnny Cash, […]
Strap yourselves in for this one- it’s a fabulous clip of high-octane left-wing southern rockers Lee Bains III and The Glory Fires on absolutely top form. Frontman Lee Bains begins with a “rap” about the song, […]
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