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Essentials: The top 10 Townes Van Zandt songs

November 4, 2021 Tim Newby 3

Townes Van Zandt is one of the most criminally overlooked songwriters of the last fifty years. His life in a snapshot is simple and scary. Born to a wealthy Texas family, he left to pursue music, […]

Essentials: The top 10 Hayes Carll songs

October 28, 2021 Alasdair Fotheringham 2

According to an article on savingcountrymusic.com, back in the early noughties Houston-born singer-songwriter Hayes Carll was hailed as a potential successor of Townes Van Zandt “in Texas and beyond.” And now, twenty years on, some of […]

Essentials: The top 10 John Hiatt albums

October 21, 2021 Kimberly Bright 11

Singer-songwriter John Hiatt first made his name writing songs for other people, nabbing a $25-per-week songwriting gig at Tree Music Publishing in Nashville at age 18. In his song ‘Real Fine Love’ he mentions leaving Indiana […]

Essentials: The top 10 Crosby, Stills & Nash family albums

October 14, 2021 Jonathan Aird 6

A Byrd, a Buffalo Springfielder and a Hollie – who would have thought that this combination would generate such a vast musical legacy? And who would have thought that they could have almost screwed things up […]

Essentials: Top 10 Gene Clark Songs

September 23, 2021 Ljubinko Zivkovic 4

Gene Clark’s story is one that legends in modern music, any genre or style are built upon. From humble background to fame and fortune, to substance abuse (quite a few of those), to recovery, back to […]