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Essentials: The Top 10 Gillian Welch/David Rawlings songs

March 28, 2024 Tim Martin 5

There were a few surprise absences from our recent readers’ and writers’ polls to find the top 10 greatest ever americana artists. While, as with any vote, if we ran it again tomorrow the results would […]

VERSIONS: “California Dreamin'”

March 25, 2024 Jonathan Aird 1

Few songs have ever so encapsulated the restlessness of a generation, the wanting to move on from a love that is over and a cold religion that offers no comfort can be contrasted to a loss […]

More People Really Should Know About: Dan Webster

March 21, 2024 Andy Short 0

Dan Webster has been playing live music since he was fifteen. His first album ‘The Other Side of Brightness’ was released in 2003. Webster is still making fine music today. He has a loyal fan base, […]

For The Sake Of The Song: The Pogues “Sally MacLennane”

March 18, 2024 Darren Lumbroso 0

The death of Shane MacGowan on 30th November last year meant that the radio airwaves were awash with ‘Fairytale Of New York’; it’s a great song but has suffered, in my mind, from being overplayed, especially […]

The Song Remains: Malcolm Holcombe (1955 – 2024)

March 14, 2024 Graeme Tait 9

One of the most respected and gifted singer songwriters of his generation. Steve Earle proudly stated “he’s the best songwriter I ever had to throw out of my studio”, while the late great David Olney recalled […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Americana Tracks by the least likely suspects

July 23, 2026 2

Before you shout at me remember this is supposed to be fun…. I have opened up and bared my soul on a couple of occasions about my past as a teenage rocker in the 1970s, with […]

Ed Askew “The Final Painting”

July 23, 2026 0

Profound, moving and beautiful reveries on posthumous release from ‘Outsider Folk’ poet. Ed Askew was a New York artist, poet, songwriter and genuine underground legend. Having first broken through with his self-titled album in 1968 (subsequently […]

artwork for Conway Savage album "Too Dark To See"

Conway Savage “Too Dark To See”