As an Americana fan, it can be a pretty rare occurrence to get to see an artist you love on your non-internet-connected television set, so I was pretty excited back in 2008 to be able to […]
Townes Van Zandt is one of the most criminally overlooked songwriters of the last fifty years. His life in a snapshot is simple and scary. Born to a wealthy Texas family, he left to pursue music, […]
The true sense of community singing. Great musical nights are a function of many things so if you have had a hard days walking, something to eat and a few beers then you are likely to […]
It’s been a couple of months since Jim Finnie’s wonderful article on ‘Sweetheart of the Rodeo’, in which he acknowledges a debt to Martin Johnson’s excellent piece on ‘Ballad of Easy Rider’. What better excuse than […]
A rambling, shambling Townes talks a lot, tells long jokes and occasionally sings a song. You don’t always get to see your heroes, or sometimes they become your heroes too late. I never got to see […]
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