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Classic Clips: Joan Osborne “St. Teresa” – Transatlantic Sessions 2007

July 22, 2022 Rick Bayles 1

This might raise some eyebrows since there are those that might not think of Joan Osborne as an americana artist but, as the intro to this clip says, she cuts such a wide swathe through American […]

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century – Cam Fraser

July 21, 2022 Cam Fraser 0

As has been said by others tasked with making this list, it has been really difficult. It’s an utterly subjective list and tomorrow I might feel quite differently about what albums did or didn’t make the […]

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The Other Side of Me: Kimberly Bright on Los Tiki Phantoms’ horror surf guitar rock

July 19, 2022 Kimberly Bright 0

I had considered doing an overview of my favorite guitar instrumentals, with The Meters, Joe Satriani, The Ventures, Davey Graham, Santo & Johnny, and Van Halen represented. Then I decided that the more recent gem, eccentric […]

Classic Clips: Carlene Carter & Dave Edmunds “Baby Ride Easy” – BBC “Queens of Country at the BBC”

July 15, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

Rockpile holds a fairly unique position in music history in that while they are recognised as one of rock music’s great bands, and despite comprising UK musicians, they were also a significant influence on subsequent American […]

Classic American Albums: Grant Lee Buffalo “Fuzzy”

July 13, 2022 Paul Gibson 2

By 1993 grunge had reached its omnipresent, powerful, destructive peak. The huge success of Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden allowed a superfluity of menial chancers toting flannel shirts and pawnshop guitars to sneak in via the […]