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Americana Bedrock – J. J. Cale

December 5, 2022 Martin Johnson 6

A key architect of the Tulsa Sound and one of the most influential guitarists of the last fifty years. Mention J.J. Cale to anyone with a passing interest in americana and they will immediately know the […]

The Twang Factor 3 presents: Salah Zhouri

December 2, 2022 Clint West 0

Welcome to the third series of The Twang Factor. We’ve featured some fantastic new artists over the first two series and can promise that this series will be no different. We have some terrific acts to […]

Cajun Corner – “Roots of Fire”

December 2, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

An Award Winning Festival Film celebrates Cajun Culture. Something of a Cajun Christmas Cracker to tell you about. The beginning of November saw the release of a new movie about Cajun music and culture. ‘Roots of […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Warren Zevon Songs

December 1, 2022 Paul Kerr 5

There’s no doubt that Warren Zevon merits consideration as one of the major artists to have emerged from the L.A. scene of the mid-seventies. His first two releases on Asylum Records were laden with luminaries such […]

Classic Americana Albums: Barrence Whitfield with Tom Russell “Cowboy Mambo”

November 30, 2022 Paul Russell 0

Collaborations can be a tricky musical venture – the artists need to complement each other and be distinctive enough not to meld into one. Barrence Whitfield is a Boston-based blues and r’n’b singer (born Barry White […]

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Video Premiere: Michael Weston King “Die of Shame”

May 22, 2026 0

Once again, it’s a privilege to premiere the video of a song as beautiful and masterfully crafted as Die of Shame from one of the UK’s finest songwriters, Michael Weston King. Through the video, featuring a […]

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Essentials: The Top 10 James McMurtry Songs

May 21, 2026 2

It was the legendary American author Stephen King who said, “James McMurtry may be the truest, fiercest songwriter of his generation”. At the same time, much closer to home, BBC Radio 2’s Bob Harris called him “the […]

Bedouine “Neon Summer Skin”

May 21, 2026 0

A beautiful reflection on family, and the search for home and belonging, with a new depth to the music. Bedouine is the project of Azniv Korkejian. Her family has migrated between Armenia, Syria and Saudi Arabia […]

Interviews

Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

May 20, 2026 0

There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

May 19, 2026 2

Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]

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Interview: John Oates can’t stop the music and is still making his dreams come true

May 18, 2026 1

At 77 years young, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame vocalist is as active as ever, having released two albums: 2024’s stripped-down, acoustic Reunion and 2025’s groovy Oates, in the past two years, while regularly […]

Album Reviews

Annabelle Chvostek “String of Pearls”

March 31, 2021 2

West meets South in jazzy folk excellence. The is the sixth album release by Toronto born Annabelle Chvostek and her first for six years. The hiatus was due to Chvostek experiencing a serious health issue, namely […]

Album Reviews

D.T. Buffkin “Saturday Night, Sunday Morning” (Independent, 2018)

September 24, 2018 0

‘Saturday Night, Sunday Morning’ is the title of, San Antonio native, D.T Buffkin’s newest record and the follow up to 2013’s ‘Tattooed Rose’. Building upon the sonic foundations laid on the debut and, as the title […]

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Lynn Rosenblood “Ascent”

February 24, 2025 0

Short but excellent album from Canadian singer/songwriter. Canadian singer-songwriter Lynn Rosenblood’s last album, “Circus”, was significantly impacted by the Covid pandemic, which she described as “fucking depressing.” She expressed uncertainty about the album, saying, “I have […]

Americana Bedrock – J. J. Cale

The Twang Factor 3 presents: Salah Zhouri

Cajun Corner – “Roots of Fire”

Essentials: The Top 10 Warren Zevon Songs

Classic Americana Albums: Barrence Whitfield with Tom Russell “Cowboy Mambo”

Video Premiere: Michael Weston King “Die of Shame”

Essentials: The Top 10 James McMurtry Songs

Bedouine “Neon Summer Skin”

Laura Veirs to release an August album before touring the UK in September

Simon Joyner “Tough Love”