When I first heard about English singer-songwriter Bill Fay, it was thought he was dead. A 1999 Mojo article speculated that Fay’s total disappearance after his two early 1970s albums was due to his descent into drug addiction, […]
“He has more talent than anybody outta have”, Bobby Bare said as he introduced Glen Campbell on the 1999 Ryman Country Homecoming show. He sure was right. A classic clip captures a moment in time, here […]
So-called ‘supergroups’ in this genre aren’t a new thing. Think the Pistol Annies, or I’m with Her. Only this year, Mary Chapin Carpenter joined forces with Julie Fowlis and Karine Polwart for the excellent “Looking For […]
In the most wretched way, Dawes became very visible earlier this year after drummer Griffin Goldsmith lost his home in the Pacific Palisades fires. He and brother Taylor are the only constant members of the band, […]
Tony Joe White was a firm favourite artist from the first time I saw him, appearing at the BBC Paris Theatre in Lower Regent Street, London, recording a set for Radio One’s ‘In Concert’ series back […]
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