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Book Review: Mark Brend “Down River: In Search of David Ackles”

July 25, 2025 Graeme Tait 8

Brend’s detailed and passionate evaluation sheds light on one of the great maverick talents of popular music. David Ackles’ recording career lasted barely six years, yielding just four albums. Of those four albums, his third, “American […]

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Here are the americana and country winners from the 2026 GRAMMYS

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  • More People Really Should Know About: Romi Mayes
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Interview: Elles Bailey on collaboration, her voice, and not taking her story away

February 3, 2026 0

When one says award-winning artist about a singer, Elles Bailey would certainly fall into this category, having been named to an impressive list, including: UK Americana Live Act of the Year, UK Blues Artist of the […]

Interviews

Interview: Bernie Leadon Too Late to Be Cool? No way!

January 21, 2026 0

When pigs can fly and cows jump over the moon …. when hell freezes over …. when an NBA player gets called for “palming the ball” …. when George Costanza picks up a check … when […]

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Interview: Trevor Sensor on connection, bataille and love in the time of confusion

January 13, 2026 0

“Are you really real, do you feel the same thing that I do, girl, when I touch you, girl?” ~ Ricky Nelson According to iconic filmmaker Federico Fellini, “The visionary is the only true realist.” Before […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

July 13, 2023 48

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 […]

Essentials

Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

July 8, 2021 37

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 […]

Obituaries

The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

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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 […]

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