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Classic Americana Albums: Ray Charles “Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music”

March 31, 2021 Mark Nenadic 2

Ray Charles was one smart son of a gun. He’d conquered the RnB world during the 1950s, despite his own blindness and American society’s overt racial barriers. But he knew there was beauty and versatility in […]

A Night to Remember – End of the Road Festival 2010, Saturday afternoon Garden Stage

March 30, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 0

No sooner have we created a format than troublesome writers begin to undermine and twist the brief. This night to remember was no night at all but a glorious, sun-splashed, hazy afternoon at the fag end […]

“Forgotten Artists” becomes ‘Whatever Happened To….’

March 29, 2021 Rick Bayles 2

Our popular Forgotten Artists series isn’t going away, but it is going for a bit of a refresh. We’ve grown increasingly uncomfortable with the series title as some readers have expressed surprise that favoured artists are […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Billy Strings “Oh, the Wind and Rain”

March 29, 2021 Tim Newby 3

This link in the chain is a circuitous one, but an important one that highlights the continuing evolution of Roots music. Last week Jason McDonald blessed us with the New Riders of the Purple Sage’s ‘Sweet […]

Essentials: The top 10 The Band + related albums

March 29, 2021 Lyndon Bolton 14

The Band are frequently cited as the creators of americana. That is not purely down to those sepia tinged photos depicting them as frontiersmen from the century before last. To appreciate that accolade set this quintet […]