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Essentials: The Top 10 Jason Isbell Songs

May 8, 2025 Daisy Innes 18

Jason Isbell is no hidden secret. The Alabama native is undeniably one of our most talented songwriters and sits somewhere between the Southern Gothic of William Faulkner and the character-driven narratives of John Prine. Finding his […]

Essentials: The Top 10 John Paul White Songs

May 1, 2025 David Jarman 0

John Paul White came to many listeners’ attention as part of the highly regarded duo The Civil Wars with Joy Williams, but prior to and after the duo were active between 2009 and 2012, White has […]

Essentials: The Top 10 John Moreland Songs

April 24, 2025 Lyndon Bolton 2

John Moreland has been widely covered in these pages to unanimous praise for the heartfelt candour in which this songwriter from Tulsa tells his stories from the gloomier end of the human condition. Moreland has been […]

Essentials: The Top Ten Charley Crockett Songs

April 17, 2025 Jonny Brick 1

In the olden days, a record label would spend thousands, if not millions, of their local currency to promote a new act. They would fund a radio tour, a support slot, an EP or album and […]

Essentials: The Top Ten Anaïs Mitchell Songs

April 10, 2025 John Lee 1

Anaïs Mitchell is one of the most distinctive singer-songwriters of her generation, blending folk traditions with deeply personal and politically resonant storytelling. Best known for her folk opera “Hadestown”, her work spans a wide range of […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Roger McGuinn “Car Phone”

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Roger McGuinn has been a musical staple for as long as I can claim to have been making my own choices about what I listen to, through the Byrds and various attempts to put together three-letter […]

Ed Snodderly “ES Pearl Presents Baggage Flies Free”

July 13, 2026 1

No fuss, just an album of beautifully crafted songs straight from the heart. Five decades into a career that has seen Ed Snodderly as a songwriter, performer, actor, and owner of the legendary Down Home club […]

Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

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Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]