Ani DiFranco

Classic Americana Albums: Ani DiFranco “Not A Pretty Girl”

June 2, 2021 Kimberly Bright 0

‘Not A Pretty Girl’ captures an intriguing portrait of songwriter, musician, poet, and political activist Ani DiFranco as a young woman. It was her sixth studio album on Righteous Babe Records, the label she started […]

10 songs about infidelity

February 16, 2021 Kimberly Bright 0

Americana is known for its realism and acceptance of the vagaries of ordinary life, which certainly doesn’t lack drama and complications. Americana does not judge! No matter what your moral dilemma is, whatever stupid and […]

Classic Americana Albums: Dave Edmunds “Repeat When Necessary”

Classic Americana Albums

January 19, 2022 2

Echoes of the ‘50s but this music created a new wave with a Rockpile foundation. Dave Edmunds is an obsessive fan of ‘50s rock’n’roll, early ‘60s black and white pop, early R&B and country music, […]

Peter Bogdanovich’s “Very Last Picture Show” revisited

Features

January 19, 2022 0

A classic film of the 1970s’ – with its lonesome cheating heart in Texas. Film director Peter Bogdanovich died on the 6th of January this year – the news of which brought to mind what I […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 42

Columns

January 19, 2022 0

Parent’s evenings ain’t wot they used to be. As I noted last week we are back in the swim from the very off this term and I had my first parent’s evening on Wednesday but […]

Anna Ash “Sleeper”

Album Reviews

January 19, 2022 0

Beautifully articulate lyrics to atmospheric vocals. Trying to categorise this absorbing collection of songs that is Anna Ash’s third full album proved a waste of time. Singer/songwriter is true but falls far short in describing […]

Track Premiere: Aaron Skiles and Matt Patton “Love & Guilt”

Tracks

January 19, 2022 0

Aaron Skiles is half the lead – with his wife Rebecca – of the band Bourbon Therapy, who have been favourably compared to Counting Crows. In that band Aaron mainly contributes vocals and bass, but […]

Classic Americana Albums: Ani DiFranco “Not A Pretty Girl”

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