Charlie and the Rays

Charlie and the Rays “That’s Where You Were Born” (Independent, 2019)

October 15, 2019 Linda Jameson 0

Charlie and the Rays is a duo comprised of sisters Jordan and Rebecca Stobbe. The sisters hail from Seattle but this most recent record was recorded in New York and produced by Johnny Sangster (Mudhoney, Mark […]

Interviews

Interview: Joachim Cooder on “Dreamer’s Motel”

October 29, 2024 0

How climbing into Jim Keltner’s drum kit as a child set him on a career as a drummer and percussionist. Joachim Cooder may have had a privileged view of the music industry as a child, but […]

Interviews

Interview: Ron Sexsmith on turning 60, making his new album in London, and the art of songwriting

October 28, 2024 0

Ahead of his two ‘Sexsmith At Sixty’ UK shows, in Manchester and London, Ron Sexsmith contemplates getting older and looks back at his 30-year career. Canadian singer-songwriter, Ron Sexsmith, turned 60 earlier this year. As part […]

Interviews

Interview: Rob Lutes has got the world on a string, wrapped around his fingers

October 25, 2024 0

“Songwriting is a journey of discovery.” Montreal singer/songwriter Rob Lutes is a jack of all songwriting trades and does his best to master them all, from solo and band recordings and performances of his own music […]

Features

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

July 13, 2023 47

As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

Obituaries

The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

March 12, 2020 4

I heard from a colleague, who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

Essentials

Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

July 8, 2021 31

Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

Charlie and the Rays “That’s Where You Were Born” (Independent, 2019)

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