Dickey Betts

The Song Remains: Richard “Dickey” Betts (1943-2024)

April 22, 2024 Martin Johnson 2

Innovative guitar player for one of history’s iconic bands. As of 18th April 2024, when Forest Richard Betts died at home in Sarasota, Florida, of cancer and COPD, Jai Johnny Johnson AKA “Jaimoe” became the last […]

Classic Americana Albums: Richard Betts “Highway Call”

January 11, 2023 Martin Johnson 4

The early ‘70s were a very exciting time as The Allman Brothers Band developed and ultimately defined the southern rock genre. What was remarkable was that this development continued despite the untimely deaths of legendary founding […]

New feature – Americana Bedrock: The Allman Brothers Band

September 26, 2022 Lyndon Bolton 6

Features Editor Clint West writes: Welcome to a new fortnightly feature ‘Americana Bedrock’. The series will explore some of the artists that have laid down the foundations of what we now refer to as ‘americana’. AUK […]

Live Review: Joshua Ray Walker + Malin Pettersen, The Lower Third, London – 28th July 2026

August 6, 2026 0

It was a hot night in the West End, but thankfully the air conditioning was cool at Denmark Street’s Lower Third. This was Joshua Ray Walker’s first show in London since recovering from stage 3 bowel […]

Phil Odgers & John Kettle “The War is Over – The Songs of Phil Ochs Vol 2”

August 6, 2026 0

A respectful and traditional tribute to Phil Ochs. Volume 1 of this collaborative tribute by Phil Odgers of The Men They Couldn’t Hang and John Kettle of Merry Hell was birthed in the dark days of […]

Freddy Trujillo takes flight with his fifth solo album

August 6, 2026 0

For more than two decades, Freddy Trujillo has quietly built one of the most distinctive careers in American roots music. Whether anchoring the rhythm section as bassist for Richmond Fontaine and The Delines or as a […]

The Song Remains: Richard “Dickey” Betts (1943-2024)

Classic Americana Albums: Richard Betts “Highway Call”

New feature – Americana Bedrock: The Allman Brothers Band

Live Review: Joshua Ray Walker + Malin Pettersen, The Lower Third, London – 28th July 2026

Phil Odgers & John Kettle “The War is Over – The Songs of Phil Ochs Vol 2”

Freddy Trujillo takes flight with his fifth solo album

Railcard “Unstable Neighbour” – let’s get on, ok?

Video: Karl Bray “Marianne”