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The Other Side Of Me: Martin Johnson on the musical world opened up by Miles Davis’s “On The Corner”

August 30, 2022 Martin Johnson 2

If you were a young music fan in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s there was every possibility that you would have heard of a lot more music and artists than you had managed to actually […]

I Write the Songs – Matraca Berg

August 26, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

It’s one of the unwritten rules of the music business that you have to have looks as well as talent if you’re going to be a success as a performer. It’s a sad reflection of the […]

Classic Clips: Etta James and Dr. John “I’d Rather Go Blind” – BB King and Friends, 1987

August 26, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

What with the last studio album from Dr. John about to be released and just general musing on what a superb talent he was I set off on a quest through Youtube for a moving performance […]

Classic Americana Albums: Willie Nile “Streets of New York”

August 24, 2022 David Jarman 0

New Yorker Willie Nile is often regarded as a musician’s musician, his admirers including Bruce Springsteen and Lucinda Williams, the latter quoted by AUK’s Gordon Sharpe in his 2020 interview with Nile as commenting “Willie Nile […]

The Song Remains: Jerry Allison 1939 – 2022

August 24, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

The drummer and songwriter who helped provide the soundtrack to countless lives. It was announced on The Buddy Holly Facebook page that Cricket drummer and songwriter Jerry Allison had died on Monday 22nd August at the […]