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Essentials: The Top 10 Long Ryders’ Songs

August 22, 2024 Darren Lumbroso 8

Taking their name from a Walter Hill-directed Western, The Long Ryders emerged as part of the Paisley Underground in the 1980s, after Sid Grifin left the garage-influenced The Unclaimed. Griffin’s initial musicians wanted-advert for the band […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Patti Scialfa Songs

August 15, 2024 Jonathan Smith 3

With just three full albums under her belt (‘Rumble Doll’ 1993, ‘23rd Street Lullaby’ 2004, ‘Play It As it Lays’ 2007), and perhaps fated to be best known as Mrs Bruce Springsteen, Patti Scialfa has a […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Jonathan Wilson songs

August 1, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 3

Bit of a multi tasker is Jonathan, perhaps too focused on the music to be described as a polymath but his roles within the music industry are manifold – Artist, Producer of both emerging talent, established […]

Essentials: Top 10 Brandy Clark Songs

July 25, 2024 Helen Jones 3

As great as a songwriter Brandy Clark is for others, It’s a stark reminder of the cruelty of the Nashville machine that she almost didn’t pursue a career as a solo artist at all: when she […]

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Essentials: The Top 10 Erin Enderlin Songs

July 18, 2024 Andy Davidson 0

Somebody once told Erin Enderlin that she wrote sad bastard country music. She was delighted. There’s a Felice Brothers song with the lines “I put some whiskey in my whiskey/ I put some heartache into my […]