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Our top ten americana albums of 2021 – Part One
Well it’s been a long year by anyone’s standards but as a form of group therapy, we decided for the first time in years to try and come up with a list of our favourite albums […]
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AUK's Chain Gang
AUK’s Chain Gang: Rodney Crowell “Something Has To Change”
Last week on the Chain Gang I was introduced by Sean Hannam to Matt Hill, and his album ‘Return of the Idle Drones’. This is available exclusively via Hill’s Bandcamp page. Like many of the artists […]
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Classic Clips – Gregory Alan Isakov & Passenger “Sweet Baby James”
Two of the finest vocalists and songwriters around today are Colorado-based Gregory Alan Isakov and the UK’s Michael Rosenberg, better known by his stage-name Passenger. Both possess gently intimate voices that draw us into their stories. […]
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Killers and crowd-pleasing epics: Helen Jones’s Review of 2021
Sadly, still no shows for me in 2021 (an autoimmune disorder means I’m operating with an abundance of caution), but hey, at least there has been a great raft of studio albums to keep me entertained. […]
Classic Americana Albums
Classic Americana Albums: Little Feat “Waiting For Columbus”
Received wisdom has it that John Peel had stopped playing anything but punk by 1977. Not so. In February 1978 he devoted much of one show to songs from the new Little Feat live album. Recorded […]