Essentials
Essentials: The Top 10 Teddy Thompson songs
When it came time for me to choose a new subject for ‘Essentials’, I could lie and say I had an epiphany or picked an artist I’d been long-gestating, but in actual fact, I saw that […]
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Classic Americana Albums
Classic Americana Albums: Richard Betts “Highway Call”
The early ‘70s were a very exciting time as The Allman Brothers Band developed and ultimately defined the southern rock genre. What was remarkable was that this development continued despite the untimely deaths of legendary founding […]
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The First Time: Graeme Tait – Barclay James Harvest, Sheffield City Hall, 28th September 1977
The past is a puzzling acquaintance, sharing as it does all of the most momentous experiences of life’s journey whilst forever travelling in the opposite direction, each day carrying our memories just a little further from […]
AUK's Chain Gang
AUK Chain Gang: Forest for the Trees “Dream”
So how to follow Martin Stephenson and the Daintees? Well… and this is a bit of a left-turn genre-wise, but stick with me. Let’s take the name Stephenson and follow it. I’m suggesting Karl Stephenson, producer […]
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The Twang Factor 3 Presents: Greenhorses
It may be Week 1 of the new year, but more importantly it’s Week 5 of The Twang Factor 3. Our guests this week are Greenhorses, a new six-piece americana band from the North-West of England. […]