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Book Review: Geoffrey Himes “Willie Nelson, All the Albums” The Stories Behind The Music

April 8, 2026 Andy Short 0

This book is a thing of beauty. From its presentation to the wonderful array of historical photographs inside, it is a volume to treasure. Author Geoffrey Himes wrote about music every week in the Washington Post […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Mark Knopfler Albums

February 16, 2023 Emily Dongray 7

Mark Knopfler has had a hell of a career, and there seems to be no slowing in releases. From his first album with Dire Straits, through a successful solo career and duet albums, to award-winning film […]

Interview: Certified Guitar Player Tommy Emmanuel talks Tommysongs and Jerry Douglas

March 2, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

How Shadow Bruce Welch helped lay the foundations of a country and bluegrass career. Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel is recognised as one of the best acoustic guitarists ever, and he is touring the UK in March […]

Doc Watson’s “Life’s Work: A Retrospective” available for pre-order

October 27, 2021 Emily Dongray 0

Craft Recordings will release a career-spanning collection on CD and digital platforms on November 12th. The 101 track box set includes his best-known hits’ Intoxicated Rat‘, ‘Dock Boggs’ ‘Country Blues‘ and ‘Black Mountain Rag‘. ‘Tennessee Stud’. The […]

Cameron Knowler “Places of Consequence”

July 26, 2021 Mark Nenadic 0

Guitar music in the most literal sense – File alongside John Ford & Sergio Leone. A son of the wild west (Texas and Arizona) now living in California, Cameron Knowler plays guitar. Or, more accurately, Cameron […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 2

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers