Features
VERSIONS: “Fast Car”
A good way to start this article is by making one true statement. Hopefully it won’t be the last. And that statement is: Guys love fast cars, not to mention fast women, fast food and fast […]
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Classic Clips
Classic Clips: Steve Forbert “It Isn’t Going To Be That Way” – Old Grey Whistle Test, 8th May 1979
As Classic Clips has proven over the years, the Old Grey Whistle Test was far from just being a haven for prog-rock and then punk and New Wave. It was the beating heart of Americana in […]
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The Song Remains: Duane Eddy (1938-2024)
It Don’t Mean a Thang If It Ain’t Got That Twang. Duane Eddy was popularly known as the “King of Twang” for his reverb-drenched, staccato style of playing guitar. He had an outsized influence on how […]
Essentials
Essentials: The Top Ten Americana Songs of 2014
In 2024 there have been several 10, 20, 25, 30 even 50th anniversary albums reissued, remastered, revamped, remixed, revitalized, reconstituted, redeemed, re-recorded and finally released. It has renewed our faith in the music industry’s capacity to […]
Continental Shift
Continental Shift: 2. Finland
The second of our European countries and we’re heading north, to a place with more than 180,000 lakes! When I told Americana UK colleague, Martin Johnson, that I was working on this series he suggested that […]