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Book Review: Pete Anderson “How To Produce A Record: A Player’s Philosophy For Making A Great Recording”

June 23, 2023 Tim Martin 0

One of the first questions Anderson attempts to answer in this fascinating book is: “What is a Producer?”. He makes an interesting comparison with the role of the director of a film. As the role these […]

Book Review: Bruce Pollock “The Bleeker Street Tapes: Echoes of Greenwich Village”

June 21, 2023 Paul Kerr 0

Essentially a compendium of articles, interviews with, and profiles of artists pertaining to the folk boom of the early 60s in Greenwich Village and its influence on the following decades, ‘The Bleeker Street Tapes’ roams much […]

Album/Book Review: Aaron Smith & The Coal Biters “The Legend of Sam Davis And Other Stories of Newton County Arkansas”

June 19, 2023 Tim Martin 1

A remarkable historical and artistic achievement. The book and album combine to give insights into a vital set of stories while keeping sight of the need to entertain as well as inform. The Legend of Sam […]

Book Review: Lucinda Williams “Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You”

June 16, 2023 Rick Bayles 0

Sharing her secrets. Given what an outstanding songwriter Lucinda Williams is, it should come as no great surprise to discover that she writes good prose as well, and this memoir has much of the sparse, dry […]

Book Review: Allan Jones “Too Late to Stop Now: More Rock ‘n’ Roll War Stories”

June 2, 2023 Mark Underwood 0

Books Editor, Rick Bayles writes, “We’re delighted that Mark Underwood, who used to write regularly for Americana UK, has returned to us as a guest contributor with this review of the new book from one of […]