Essentials
Essentials: Top 10 Gene Clark Songs
Gene Clark’s story is one that legends in modern music, any genre or style are built upon. From humble background to fame and fortune, to substance abuse (quite a few of those), to recovery, back to […]
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Classic Americana Albums
Classic Americana Albums: Joe Henry “Trampoline”
If it wasn’t for this album, Joe Henry would be a minor footnote in any history of Americana that I might write, perhaps more memorable for being Madonna’s brother-in-law. His early records were serviceable and he […]
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Sounds from the Back Bedroom
It was after all an inevitability. This weeks missive follows hot on the heels of last week’s concerns about the free for all of the return to school this September. Eagle-eyed amongst will note that the […]
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Whatever Happened To… Juice Newton
It seems strange to be asking whatever happened to an artist that has received no less than five Grammy nominations for best Pop/Country Female Vocalist (winning once, in 1983), an American Country Music Award for Top […]
AUK's Chain Gang
AUK’s Chain Gang: The Barr Brothers “Come In The Water”
Joe Brown was always on tour with his ‘bruvvers’ when treading the boards and hence the leap into the arms of the wonderful Montreal-based combo The Barr Brothers with this redemptive track from their wonderful 2014 […]