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Book Review: Ralph Brookfield “On the Trail of Americana Music”

September 15, 2021 Gordon Sharpe 1

A laudable stab at the difficult task of grasping the many-headed beast that is Americana Music. Author Ralph Brookfield trained as a molecular physicist worked as a copy editor, software engineer, freelance writer, ran a software […]

Book Review: Stephen Deusner “Where the Devil Don’t Stay: Traveling the South with the Drive-By Truckers”

September 10, 2021 Tim Martin 1

First full-length book on this quintessentially southern band. As my colleague, and our Books Editor, Rick Bayles, noted last month, there seems to be a trend towards quite academic writing about music. This may be as […]

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 […]

Unearthed 1968 recording of Buck Owen and the Buckaroos to be released next month

September 3, 2026 0

More than half a century after Buck Owens and the Buckaroos took the stage at Las Vegas’ Mint Hotel and Casino, a remarkable document of the band at the height of its powers is finally seeing […]

My Girl The River “Manifest Good Things”

September 3, 2026 0

Melody and heartfelt ruminations on family, life and love combine to winning effect on a timeless album. My Girl The River sees Kris Wilkinson Hughes collaborating with husband Joe and daughter Rue, and this wonderfully honest […]

Pieta Brown and Bo Ramsey Temecula March 2010

Classic Clip: Pieta Brown with Bo Ramsey “Bad News” – venue unknown, 2010

September 3, 2026 0

Pieta Brown (53) is the daughter of beloved folk singer-songwriter Greg Brown with whom she reunited after a rather bohemian lifestyle following her parents’ separation when she was 2 years old. At the time she was […]