David Olney

The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Graeme Tait

January 15, 2026 Graeme Tait 8

This new feature has now been running for approximately four months. During that time, I have simultaneously sympathised with my fellow writers at the magnitude of the challenge they have faced and marvelled at the array […]

Video: Afton Wolfe “Titanic”

January 9, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

Afton Wolfe’s latest single is wonderfully atmospheric rendition of the David Olney song “Titanic”. With pounding drums and searing, grinding electric guitar, the tone is set for this powerful, moody song. Over the compelling instrumentation, Wolfe’s […]

Various Artists “Can’t Steal My Fire (The Songs of David Olney)”

December 16, 2024 Dean Nardi 0

Marvellous stories and enduring characters. This is like the All-Star game in Major League baseball, but instead of Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani, Bryce Harper, Mookie Betts and Christian Yelich, executive producer Gwil Owen lined up such […]

Essentials: The Top 10 David Olney Songs

December 12, 2024 Graeme Tait 10

It was the late great Townes Van Zandt who said “Anytime anyone asks me who my favourite music writers are, I say Mozart, Lightning Hopkins, Bob Dylan and David Olney…. David Olney is one of the […]

For The Sake Of The Song: David Olney “Jerusalem Tomorrow”

February 13, 2024 Graeme Tait 6

There can be few among us who, whilst revelling in our preferred pastime of listening to and dissecting the songs of our favourite artists. haven’t occasionally thought, “given a fair wind and a wet sail I […]

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