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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: The Full List

February 21, 2024 Clint West 22

As inevitably happens with lists of this kind people will disagree. Where is X? How come Y is above Z? Well as promised you, our wise and wonderful readers, will have the chance to cast your […]

Classic Americana Albums: Trish Murphy “Crooked Mile”

February 21, 2024 Paul Russell 4

Debut albums from an unknown artist are always not only difficult to make, but also challenging to market and get decent sales. Trish Murphy is a Houston native and her father was a struggling musician as […]

More People Really Should Know About: Esther Rose

February 20, 2024 Clint West 2

New Orleans based musician and songwriter Esther Rose has seen her career gradually gain momentum over the last decade. Following the end of her marriage to Luke Winslow-King in 2015, Rose recorded and released her debut […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Justin Townes Earle “Lone Pine Hill”

February 19, 2024 Andy Short 0

Justin Townes Earle gave us his first full length album in 2008 “The Good Life” after a teasing six track EP “Yuma” the previous year. Following the relative success of “Yuma” Earle signed for Chicago label […]

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Number 1 – Lucinda Williams

February 16, 2024 Clint West 15

Well there you have it folks, our Number 1 is Lucinda Williams and by an overwhelming margin. She received 74 points which was 15 more than the runner-up, well over double that of fifth place and not […]

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”