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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 […]

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Essentials: The Top Ten Kasey Chambers Songs

October 17, 2024 FredArnold 3

Kasey Chambers flies well below the radar of most American fans of this genre, and it is probably the same with UK listeners – she is a very niche listen. The reason is simple. For a […]