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The Other Side of Me: Tim Martin celebrates Steely Dan

November 23, 2021 Tim Martin 7

The reasons for liking a particular artist can end up lost in the mists of time. But for me Steely Dan started with Larry Carlton’s guitar solo in ‘Kid Charlemagne’ longer ago than I care to […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Nancy Dupree “What do I Have?”

November 22, 2021 Richard Phillips 0

Lucinda Williams, the focus of last week’s Chain Gang released her debut album,‘Ramblin’ on My Mind’ in 1979 for Folkways Records. The label, founded in 1948, recorded an eclectic mix of contemporary and traditional music from […]

A Night to Remember: My Morning Jacket – The Roundhouse, London, 7th November 2011

November 18, 2021 Rich Orpin 0

By some strange coincidence, it’s ten years ago to the day (as I write this) that what turned out to be my ‘Night to Remember’ took place. My Morning Jacket had long been a band I’d […]

Classic Americana Albums: John Moreland “Big Bad Luv”

November 17, 2021 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

“It’s no use, God bless these blues, let’s get wrecked and bruised and battered,” is just one of John Moreland’s more ‘cheerful’ reflections on his ‘Big Bad Luv’ album about how he has finally found an […]

Small Venue Heroes: Odette Michell

November 16, 2021 Emily Dongray 1

Features Editor Clint West writes: Last week we intoduced ‘The Other Side of Me’ as the first of two new features that would alternate each week on Tuesdays. Today we present the second of those new features […]