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The Unsung Heroes of Americana – Elliott Roberts

July 22, 2021 Tim Martin 0

Rick Bayles, Editor of the Unsung Heroes series writes: “In this latest article in our “Unsung Heroes” series, Tim Martin takes a look at the career of Elliott Roberts. We’ve all heard the horror stories about […]

The Twang Factor 2 presents: Ian David Green

July 21, 2021 Clint West 1

Welcome to our new season of The Twang Factor. We’ve got an amazing array of talent to bring you over the coming weeks starting off this week with Ian David Green, a songwriter from Liverpool, now […]

Classic Americana Albums: Yo La Tengo “Fakebook”

July 21, 2021 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

OK, so Yo La Tengo’s ‘Fakebook’ might raise a few eyebrows as a choice for a classic Americana album. After all, who would consider Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley, and an often revolving cast of members as […]

VERSIONS: “Mattie Groves (Child ballad number 81)” and the folk process

July 19, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

The folk process they call it – the movement of a song from one place to another, with variations occurring in the tune and the words. At the extreme, a song can cross an ocean, spend […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: John Fogerty “Weeping in the Promised Land”

July 19, 2021 Emily Dongray 0

‘Born on the Bayou’ by Creedence Clearwater Revival is a song about travelling that band member John Fogerty produced in 1969. Let’s travel within John Fogerty’s body of work and take a look at his most […]