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For The Sake Of The Song: The Mastersons “Birds Fly South”

November 4, 2024 Lyndon Bolton 1

Rather than the usual sources of record collection, shows or something recently read it was just by taking in the turn of the season that provided the inspiration for this week’s piece. From The Mastersons’s eponymous […]

For the Sake of the Song: Brandi Carlile “The Mother”

October 21, 2024 Helen Jones 0

When you say you’re an Americana fan, after trying to explain to people that it’s kind-of-like-country-music but not, you then face the immediate judgement from people that the genre and its fans is made up of […]

For the Sake of the Song: The Byrds “All I Really Want to Do”

October 7, 2024 Tim Martin 0

A few songs are responsible for my love of Americana. I talked about ‘Hot Burrito #1‘ back in our Versions series in 2021, but as my journey into the genre is very much Byrds-related, this is […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Randy Newman “Rednecks”

September 30, 2024 Paul Kerr 0

‘Rednecks’ was the opening song on Randy Newman’s 1974 album “Good Old Boys” and it was the initial kernel which inspired Newman’s examination of the American South on the disc. When it was released, the song […]

For the Sake of the Song: Boz Scaggs “Loan Me A Dime”

September 24, 2024 Dean Nardi 4

When most people hear the name Boz Scaggs, the stylish singer who recorded multi-platinum albums “Slow Dancer” in 1974 and “Silk Degrees” in 1976 for Columbia Records, songs like ‘Lowdown,’ ‘What Can I Say’ and ‘Lido […]

Anniversary Cheers: case/lang/veirs celebrates 10 years

September 3, 2026 0

Outstanding one-off album is re-released together with an album of live tracks from the tour that accompanied the album, plus a new song (on vinyl and CD). case/lang/veirs was released in 2016. In keeping with the […]

Alex Dupree “Talking To The Dog”

September 3, 2026 0

Allow yourself to be captivated by a master musician’s vivid imagination. There’s always a hope that listening to a new album will take the listener to a place they hadn’t been to before. Through inspired music […]

Thunder and Rain, live at the Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey - 28th August 2026

Live Review: Thunder and Rain, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 28th August 2026

September 3, 2026 0

As I travelled to this evening’s show through the Lincolnshire countryside, the consequences of this long, hot summer were visible as far as the eye could see. In place of the “green and pleasant land” so […]