Seeing The Clash for the first time and for my first gig was a fantastic experience; the most exciting event I have ever been to. I had been into glam-rock at primary school in the early […]
I’m indebted to Fred Arnold for introducing The Mavericks into the Chain last week. They have long been a personal favourite of mine and consistently one of the best live acts around. The link this week […]
Welcome to our final edition of The Twang Factor 3. The quality of the artists over this series has been fantastic. We’d like to thank everyone who brought their music to our attention including those that […]
Just recently, The Americana Music Association UK (AMA-UK) awarded Mike Scott a UK Lifetime Achievement Award. Scott is the creator and front man of The Waterboys. The album ‘Fisherman’s Blues‘ was released in October 1988 and […]
In the midst of punk, new wave and whatever else was happening in 1977, the first Tom Petty album crept out and took a year to reach the US charts. In the UK the reaction was […]
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