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The First Time: Jonathan Aird – Ralph McTell, somewhere in London, maybe 1982

May 30, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

This has been a strange series – seems like very few of the Americana UK writers started their gig life with anything even remotely resembling a genre artist. And there’s been a disturbing amount of prog-rock. […]

The First Time: Helen Jones – Smash Hits Roadshow, Manchester G-Mex 1995

May 25, 2023 Helen Jones 0

I could lie to you and choose the far cooler Placebo as my first concert since it was my first parent free one in 2000, but I am nothing if not honest and the truth is, […]

The First Time: Paul Kerr – Yes, Kelvin Halls, Glasgow, 4th September 1972

May 16, 2023 Paul Kerr 5

Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My! Growing up in the 1960s, Glasgow’s Kelvin Hall was the place to go to catch a glimpse of these exotic creatures. I can’t actually attest to the presence of […]

The First Time: Emily Dongray – Moby, The Astoria, London, 2002

May 10, 2023 Emily Dongray 0

Unlike my older comrades, I sadly can’t brag about having been to Woodstock or following Bob Dylan around New York in the 60s. The truth is I was late to the party. I was in my […]

The First Time: Jonathan Smith – The Pogues, Cornwall Coliseum, St Austell, 1990

May 4, 2023 Jonathan Smith 0

My love for music kicked in around 1978, and yet it was another 12 years before my first ‘big’ gig experience. This was mainly due to a combination of growing up in West Cornwall, and having […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 2

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers

August 5, 2026 0

Includes tracks from My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams and MJ Lenderman among others. Cinema Music Group, Killphonic Records, and City Slang have announced Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2 – Out of […]