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More People Should Really Know About: Leah Blevins
Leah Blevins is an act that crossed this writer’s path as a support act. And as happens from time to time, the response is a big “wow”. Her output may be relatively thin to date: one […]
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For the Sake of the Song: The Jayhawks “Save it for a Rainy Day”
The Jayhawks never quite garnered the americana genre attention that bands like Wilco and Son Volt did, probably because they never quite dug really deep into their soul and produced truly introspective albums as their contemporaries […]
Classic Clips
Classic Clips: Rockin’ Jimmy Byfield and the Brothers of the Night “Little Rachel” – Tulsa Backstage, 1981
The Tulsa Sound, with its twin figureheads Leon Russell and JJ Cale, and its blend of rock and roll, country, blues, R&B, and a little jazz, is a key part of the foundations that americana is […]
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The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Martin Johnson
Everybody loves a list, except perhaps the person whose job is to write it in the first place. Picking the top 10 songs in a genre that is known for the quality of its songwriting is […]
Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it
Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Teenage Fanclub
Teenage Fanclub were formed in Glasgow in 1989 by guitarists Norman Blake and Raymond McGinley, drummer Francis Macdonald and bassist Gerard Love. Blake, McGinlay and Macdonald had all initially been in the same band, the Boy […]