Albert Lee

Live Review: Albert Lee, Union Chapel, London – 7th May 2026

May 14, 2026 Richard Parkinson 1

It turned out that Albert Lee’s show on 7th May was the first time he had been inside Union Chapel, and it’s certainly a larger venue than those he has been playing in London recently. By […]

Book Review: Barry Mazor “Blood Harmony: The Everly Brothers Story”

August 4, 2025 Rick Bayles 2

Though they’ve always been known for those sublime, spine-tingling vocal harmonies, it can be hard to understand just how important the Everly Brothers are in modern music. They weren’t the first to use close harmony singing; […]

Albert Lee live at The Drill, Lincoln - 20th July 2025

Live Review: Albert Lee, The Drill, Lincoln – 20th July 2025

August 4, 2025 Graeme Tait 2

The Drill is one of the city of Lincoln’s premier and most iconic live venues. It is also its oldest. Formerly known as The Drill Hall, this Grade II-listed building was erected in 1890 as a […]

Interview: Diane Hubka on why folk and americana should still swing

March 7, 2023 Martin Johnson 0

There is only good and bad music and all American music shares the same roots. Diane Hubka’s formative musical memories go back to the west coast folk and country rock of the ‘70s, with a dash […]

Various Artists “Tribute to a Songpoet – Songs of Eric Andersen”

February 15, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Greenwich Village legend gets deserved superstar tribute. Eric Andersen is a song writing legend who hit the floor running with his early albums as part of the Greenwich Village folk scene of the early 1960s. He […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 2

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers