Billy Joe Shaver

Essentials: The Top 10 Billy Joe Shaver albums

June 1, 2023 Clint West 4

Billy Joe Shaver is one of a particular brand of people that seem to populate americana music; a legend within the genre, but virtually unknown outside of it. One measure of the esteem in which he […]

Something for the long weekend: Willie Nelson and Lucinda Williams “Live Forever”

August 26, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it for another week dear reader, and we leave you with news that New West Records and Pedernales Records have announced details of ‘Live Forever: A Tribute To Billy Joe Shaver’, a new 12-track […]

The Song Remains: Billy Joe Shaver 1939 – 2020

October 30, 2020 Clint West 0

Famously described by Willie Nelson as “the greatest living songwriter” Billy Joe Shaver led an eventful and often tragic life before succumbing to a massive stroke at the age of 81. Although he will perhaps be […]

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Essentials: The Top 10 Billy Joe Shaver albums

Something for the long weekend: Willie Nelson and Lucinda Williams “Live Forever”

The Song Remains: Billy Joe Shaver 1939 – 2020

Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

Elgin and the Marbles “The Sun Never Sets”

Jack Studer “Falling Forward”