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Paperback Riders: Woody Guthrie “Bound for Glory”

August 26, 2021 Gordon Sharpe 0

An engrossing self-penned account by one of Americana’s key figures. When starting this series I said something about not wanting to review biographies of any sort – and here I am about to renege on that […]

Book Review: Alec Wightman “Music In My Life: Notes From A Longtime Fan”

August 24, 2021 Rick Bayles 0

A life-long music fan writes. This is an interesting book to have come across the review desk, in the wake of some quite weighty submissions of late. In complete contrast to some of the heavily journalistic […]

Book Review: Beans On Toast “Foolhardy Folk Tales”

August 19, 2021 Paul Kerr 0

‘Foolhardy Folk Tales’ is a second instalment of tall tales and reminiscences from Jay McAllister, best known under the moniker Beans On Toast. His first book, ‘Drunk Folk Stories’, published in 2018, was eaten up by […]

Book Review: John Milward “Americanaland; Where Country & Western Met Rock ‘n’ Roll”

August 3, 2021 Rick Bayles 6

If, like many of us, you have struggled to explain your love of Americana music to lesser mortals or, more likely, faced the frequent question, “But what, exactly, is Americana” then you will be relieved to […]

Book review: Clinton Heylin “The Double Life of Bob Dylan”

July 28, 2021 Jason McDonald 2

“With this being the year of Bob Dylan’s 80th birthday we have seen a number of very good books about Bob Dylan pass through the office, but this is something different again. Jason McDonald takes a […]