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[ May 15, 2026 ] Something for the weekend: Keyside “Lemon and Lime” Tracks
[ May 15, 2026 ] Cowboy Junkies “Open to Beauty” Album Reviews
[ May 15, 2026 ] Book Review: Patrick Joseph O’Connor “Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community” Book Reviews
[ May 15, 2026 ] Classic Clips: Albert Lee “Country Boy” Live on BBC Radio 2’s ‘Weekend Wogan’ – 28th March 2010 Classic Clips
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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: David Crosby: Solo

July 23, 2025 Paul Kerr 2

In terms of solo careers, David Crosby’s is somewhat unique. The 60’s saw him becoming a pop and then rock star via his roles in The Byrds and then Crosby, Stills & Nash. The latter grouping […]

More People Really Should Know About: Hollow Hand

July 22, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

Brighton is south of London, and a quick train in and out gets you there. Max Kinghorn-Mills remembers moving there, mentally prepared for leaving home after finishing his second album as Hollow Hand in a flat […]

For the Sake of the Song: Dawes “Time Spent in Los Angeles”

July 21, 2025 Jonny Brick 0

In 2012, Dawes released their second album, “Nothing Is Wrong”. The opening track began with a four-beat count-in from an electric guitar, which was followed by a riff with the unusual chord progression of I-iii-vii-IV, played […]

Eddie Vedder at BST Hyde Park London 2022

Classic Clips: Eddie Vedder sings Warren Zevon’s “Keep Me in Your Heart”

July 18, 2025 FredArnold 3

At the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC – October 2017. Warren Zevon was an americana artist, no doubt, though in virtually every description of his oeuvre, he is deemed to be a rock […]

Essentials: The Top Ten Songs That Name-Drop Other Artists

July 17, 2025 Andy Short 33

It has long been a tradition in music for artists to cover their favourite songs. Some take the original to the next level, while others are straight copies; some are plain weird, and finally, there are […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee
By Ian C Rothery , 7 hours ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Ashley McBryde - Wild (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 5 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Liz stringer ‘ first time really feeling’Melbourne song...
By fredhead , 6 days ago
RE: Versions!
@paul-villers Those versions keep coming
By Martin Johnson , 1 week ago
RE: What are you watching at the moment?
Just binged "Legends" - a British drama on Netflix abou...
By Paul Villers , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Radio Paradise's Mellow Mix whilst on a bit of a drive
By Peter Thompson , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Amy Grant The 6th of January (Yasgur’s Farm): time for ...
By Jonathan Hincks , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
The Lone Bellow - The Lone Bellow (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
XTC - A Coat of Many Cupboards (excerpts...it's a 4 CD ...
By Peter Thompson , 2 weeks ago

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Lemon and Lime”

May 15, 2026 1

Well that’s it from us for this week, and bear with me dear reader with the track we’re leaving you with for the weekend which despite starting off sounding like we’ve veered into covering 90s-era Britpop, […]

Cowboy Junkies “Open to Beauty”

May 15, 2026 0

Americana legends celebrate 21st-century releases on latest career retrospective. Forty years in, the Cowboy Junkies remain one of the great under-the-surface bands in Americana: despite having a million-selling classic to their name, they rarely make best-of […]

Book Review: Patrick Joseph O’Connor “Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community”

May 15, 2026 0

Patrick Joseph O’Connor’s Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community reclaims an overlooked part in American musicology. While places like Chicago, Memphis, and the Mississippi Delta often dominate the story of Blues, O’Connor suggests that […]