Bobbie Gentry

Interview: Have Gun, Will Travel is constantly evolving – What a concept!

July 22, 2026 Dean Nardi 0

Have Gun, Will Travel is the name of the band with the emphasis on travel. Not so much touring all over the world, but exploration, whether in their three concept albums or the songs written for […]

Classic Americana Albums: Bobbie Gentry “The Delta Sweete”

February 25, 2026 Dean Nardi 0

Another in our series of occasional Features looks at one of the great unsung albums of the 60s. After the fanfare of recording a #1 hit single in Ode to Billy Joe, in 1968 Bobbie Gentry […]

Interview: Cat Clyde on how blues, jazz and country move her

October 17, 2023 Martin Johnson 0

Singing as a child grounded her and Billie Holiday, Patsy Cline, and Bobbie Gentry inspired her. The term singer-songwriter is used with abandon within the americana and folk genres but there are only a few artists […]

Classic Americana Albums: Jim Ford “Harlan County”

August 23, 2023 Martin Johnson 0

A template for americana from the musical earthquake year of 1969. Anyone who has any form of interest in americana will also be fully aware of the challenges of coming to a consensus on what constitutes […]

Interview: The Delines’ Willy Vlautin on their 2022 Americana UK poll success

March 14, 2023 Martin Johnson 2

The Delines, a ballad band with a jazz keyboardist, a jazz drummer, and an R&B bassist. The Delines won the Americana UK Album Of The Year 2022 and were runners-up in our readers’ Album Of The […]