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Essentials: The Top 10 Laurel Canyon albums

September 2, 2021 Alan Fitter 5

If anyone ever invented a time machine (unlikely, if not impossible but I can dream can’t I?) there are a lot of times and places I’d go back to but Laurel Canyon any time between 1967 […]

Essentials: The top 10 Dave Alvin albums

August 26, 2021 Clint West 5

Dave Alvin is a multi-faceted, multi-talented cornerstone of americana. As a singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer he has consistently excelled to the point where anything bearing his name, in whatever role, is usually a cast-iron guarantee of […]

Essentials: The top 10 NRBQ albums

August 19, 2021 Martin Johnson 24

The New Rhythm and Blues Quartet (originally Quintet), NRBQ or simply just The Q, if you haven’t heard of them, and worse still, haven’t heard any of their music and are a lover of good music […]

Essentials: The top 10 Lee Hazlewood songs

August 12, 2021 Sean Hannam 0

When NME reviewed Lee Hazlewood’s 1973 album, ‘Poet, Fool or Bum’, the journalist famously wrote a one-word critique, ‘Bum.’ Sure, it’s not one of his best records, and although Hazlewood was arguably all three of those […]

Essentials: The top 10 Gordon Lightfoot songs

July 22, 2021 Emily Dongray 8

Canadian legend Gordon Lightfoot has a career that spans over six decades. He has released 19 studio albums, three live albums, and a whopping 47 singles. There are also 19 authorised compilations to date. With a […]