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Essentials: The Top 10 David Olney Songs

December 12, 2024 Graeme Tait 10

It was the late great Townes Van Zandt who said “Anytime anyone asks me who my favourite music writers are, I say Mozart, Lightning Hopkins, Bob Dylan and David Olney…. David Olney is one of the […]

Essentials: The Top Ten American Aquarium Songs

December 5, 2024 Andrew Raw 2

I am a huge fan of American Aquarium’s muscular alt-country with its great tunes and often anthemic choruses. They put the country into their alt-country with a liberal dose of wonderful pedal steel, which is never […]

Essentials: The Top Ten Will Kimbrough Songs

November 28, 2024 Paul Russell 5

Will Kimbrough is the real deal. A masterful singer-songwriter who has been recording a wide range of music since his debut band The Bis-Quits recorded their 1993 album on John Prine’s Oh Boy label. That band […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Nanci Griffith Albums

November 21, 2024 Clint West 5

Over the course of her career Nanci Griffith recorded 18 studio albums and 2 live albums. There were a couple of disappointments in amongst those but nowhere near enough to make this a straightforward task. Having […]

Essentials: The Top Ten Americana Songs of 2014

November 14, 2024 Dean Nardi 0

In 2024 there have been several 10, 20, 25, 30 even 50th anniversary albums reissued, remastered, revamped, remixed, revitalized, reconstituted, redeemed, re-recorded and finally released. It has renewed our faith in the music industry’s capacity to […]