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More People Should Really Know About: Otis Gibbs

September 26, 2023 Kimberly Bright 0

By choosing singer-songwriter Otis Gibbs for this series, I don’t mean to downplay his accomplishments in any way. He certainly has a large fan base all over the world, but considering the really fine albums he […]

VERSIONS: “White Freightliner Blues”

September 26, 2023 Clint West 0

Unusually Townes Van Zandt’s ‘White Freightliner Blues’ first appeared on his ‘Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas’ album. So, in that same spirit I have chosen three live covers to feature on top of the […]

Americana Vinyl Treasures : Splinter “The Place I Love” – Dark Horse Records, 1974

September 25, 2023 Paul Russell 0

The seventies was such a rich decade for magnificent music that as a teenager listening to the radio gave me the opportunity to hear some sublime tracks. One of those was a modest 1974 hit by […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Wilco “What’s The World Got In Store”

September 25, 2023 Andrew Raw 0

This beautiful song comes from Wilco’s wonderful second album ‘Being There’, released in 1996. This double album was named after the 1979 satirical comedy film where a simple gardener, played by Peter Sellers, somehow becomes a […]

Classic Clips: Jackson Browne with JD Souther – AMA Awards Ryman Auditorium, 2014

September 22, 2023 Peter Churchill 1

The 2014 Americana Music Awards at the Ryman Auditorium saw Jackson Browne awarded the Spirit of Americana/Free Speech in Music award. If that sounds like a made-up award aimed solely at the recipient well then, so […]

Freddy Trujillo takes flight with his fifth solo album

August 6, 2026 0

For more than two decades, Freddy Trujillo has quietly built one of the most distinctive careers in American roots music. Whether anchoring the rhythm section as bassist for Richmond Fontaine and The Delines or as a […]

Railcard “Unstable Neighbour” – let’s get on, ok?

August 6, 2026 0

Railcard’s new single from their debut album Two Steps At A Time, is a softly sunny power pop take on a common problem – the unreasonable person who lives next door. Tell us about it. Although […]

Video: Karl Bray “Marianne”

August 6, 2026 0

Here’s the sound of the summer; Marianne is upbeat folk from singer-songwriter Karl Bray. Featuring guitar from Paul Phillips, former member of Pooh Sticks, Marianne opens with a light strum before the song settles into its swaying […]

More People Should Really Know About: Otis Gibbs

VERSIONS: “White Freightliner Blues”

Americana Vinyl Treasures : Splinter “The Place I Love” – Dark Horse Records, 1974

For The Sake Of The Song: Wilco “What’s The World Got In Store”

Classic Clips: Jackson Browne with JD Souther – AMA Awards Ryman Auditorium, 2014

Freddy Trujillo takes flight with his fifth solo album

Railcard “Unstable Neighbour” – let’s get on, ok?

Video: Karl Bray “Marianne”

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”