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Essentials: Top 10 Shawn Colvin Songs

August 29, 2024 Peter Churchill 2

Shawn Colvin’s 2012 memoir ‘Diamond In The Rough’ (published by William Morrow) is a searingly honest account of the singer/songwriter’s struggle with personal relationships, mental health issues, depression, anxiety and alcoholism. It explains long gaps between […]

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 […]