Features
Small Venue Heroes: Bill Kirchen
David Jarman pays tribute to the tireless ‘Titan of the Telecaster’ Bill Kirchen will be well known to Americana UK readers as a trailblazer of the genre through his work with Commander Cody and the Lost […]
Bill Kirchen
Album Reviews
Bill Kirchen “The Proper Years” (The Last Music Co, 2020)
Before hearing this double album I was unaware of the existence of the rockabilly hall of fame, so these 25 tracks have been not only a pleasure but an education. Bill Kirchen began in the ’70s […]
Features
10 Americana songs about cars
Cars have always featured in American music right from the very first widespread recordings made in the ‘20s. The reason for this is fairly mundane, America is a big country and over the decades economic forces […]
Tracks
Bill Kirchen “Shelly’s Winter Love” – Listen
This cover of the Merle Haggard song comes from Bill Kirchen’s recent retrospective release ‘The Proper Years’. It’s an album that recognises the three albums that the co-founder of Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen […]
Interviews
Interview: Bill Kirchen
When it comes to unique talents in the field of guitar players and entertainers, Bridgeport, Connecticut born, Ann Arbor, Michigan raised and now Austin Texas-based, Bill Kirchen is up there with the best. What a wonderful […]