Chuck Mead

Robert’s Western World celebrates 25 years with street party and livestream

August 1, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Any music fan who has visited Nashville will have spent at least one evening at Robert’s Western World on Lower Broadway. In 2024, the venue, known as Nashville’s Home of Traditional Country Music, is celebrating its […]

Classic Clips: BR5-49 “Bettie Bettie” Late Night with Conan O’Brien 1996

February 10, 2023 Clint West 0

This week’s Classic Clip comes from the wonderful BR5-49. Formed in Nashville in 1993 by Chuck Mead and Gary Bennett the band were joined by multi-instrumentalist Don Herron, upright bass player ‘Smilin’ Jay McDowell and drummer […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: BR5-49 “Me ‘n’ Opie (Down by the Duck Pond)”

August 16, 2022 Clint West 0

After a number of weeks on a drinking binge, Martin Johnson set us on a smoking course that our editor, Mark Whitfield last week enthusiastically embraced, adding an extra element whereby the smoking was that of […]

AmericanaFest, Nashville, September 10th-15th, 2019

October 11, 2019 Mark Underwood 0

For Americana UK, this year’s Nashville experience ended where it pretty much started – at Robert’s Western World on Lower Broadway. Hotfoot from arriving in the city around 7pm our assembled scribes headed straight downtown to […]

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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
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RE: Pedro Sánchez
It certainly couldn’t make things worse, Paul. I have a...
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RE: Pedro Sánchez
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Nothing is real (maybe)
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RE: Pedro Sánchez
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 0

While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

Artwork for the Wave Pictures album Gained/Lost

The Wave Pictures “Gained/Lost”

March 11, 2026 2

Ambitious, dream-soaked pop that reaches high but rarely quite lands. There’s something immediately intriguing about Gained/Lost. On paper, the ingredients are enticing: the literate jangle of The Smiths, the wide-eyed psych-pop glow of The Flaming Lips, […]

artwork for Lynn Miles album "A Bouquet of Black Flowers"

Lynn Miles “A Bouquet of Black Flowers”