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For The Sake Of The Song: Robinella “Press On”
Music can sometimes really take you to different places. My idea of tranquility is to put on a pair of headphones – get out my iPod – and go to my Chill Out Playlist. Immersing myself […]
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For The Sake Of The Song: Ronnie Lane & The Band Slim Chance “The Poacher”
I was inspired to choose ‘The Poacher’ on hearing Slim Chance perform it at a recent show to raise funds for their seriously ill guitarist Steve Simpson. This band, originally formed by Ronnie Lane, took all […]
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For The Sake Of The Song: Charlie Parr “817 Oakland Avenue”
When I started to think about writing something for this section of AUK, I was overwhelmed. So many songs are important to me. There are those that are talismans, almost magic incantations that I rely on […]
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For The Sake Of The Song: Bob Frank “Red Neck, Blue Collar”
Memphis legend Jim Dickinson called Bob Frank “The greatest songwriter you never heard”, having known him from the early ‘60s Memphis music scene. While Bob Frank styled himself as a folk musician he wrote his own […]
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For the Sake of the Song: Jason Isbell “The Life You Chose”
Trying to choose a favourite out of the almost faultless catalogue of songs Jason Isbell has put out feels like a daunting, nigh impossible, task, but it dawned on me just recently as I was enjoying […]