The one style of American music that doesn’t really fit into the accepted definition of “Americana” is Jazz. While “our” sort of music draws influence from most styles born or evolved in the USA it’s the […]
A seasoned American record producer, Joe Boyd has poured his years of experience and passion into this extensive work. On his personal website, Boyd playfully quips, “It’s a bit of a door-stop. Sherpas will be provided […]
On Richmond Fontaine’s 2016 ‘You Cant Go Back if There’s Nothing to Go Back To’, the album cover has a solitary, decrepit horse, standing forlornly in a landscape offering little comfort. It is a moribund picture but […]
On the face of it this book is essentially the story of how four “outsiders” (Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson), via their trials and tribulations (and, let’s admit it, success) eventually joined […]
A humble attempt to shine a spotlight on a blue-eyed soul phenomenon. Does anyone remember UB40 (feat. Chrissie Hynde) covering ‘Breakfast in Bed’ in 1988? It was written by Eddie Hinton with Donnie Fritts and first […]
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