Tracks
Eric Alexandrakis “Silver Moon” – a nod to Papa Nez
Mike Nesmith’s passing at the tail end of 2021 was a sad note in a year of sad notes, and it affected Eric Alexandrakis to the extent that he recorded a tribute to him the next […]
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Essentials
Essentials: The Top 10 Richie Havens Albums
Richie Havens was the real deal, a singer with a great voice, a distinctive guitar player with a truly destructive power – rare would be the gig that passed without at least one busted string, a […]
Classic Americana Albums
Classic Americana Albums: Billy Bragg and Wilco “Mermaid Avenue”
Prior to the release of ‘Mermaid Avenue’ in 1998, for many people, the name of Woody Guthrie invoked images of a free-spirited, freight train hopping, American troubadour armed only with an acoustic guitar, who wrote political […]
Interviews
Interview: Andy Leftwich on what it takes to be the American fiddler
Auditioning for Ricky Skaggs’ Rolling Thunder in front of a live audience of a thousand people. According to some accounts, Andy Leftwich is one of the most recorded musicians of the 21St Century as a member […]
Interviews
Interview: Christie Lenée on why a guitar virtuoso has a home in americana
How Tommy Emmanuel’s surprising advice added vocals to Christie Lenée’s overall sound. The 21st Century has seen a significant rise in the number of successful female artists from both an artistic and commercial point of view […]