Eileen Rose

Eileen Rose “Muscle Shoals” (Holy Wreckords, 2020)

May 6, 2020 Steven Howlett 0

Last year was a busy one for Eileen Rose. As well as writing two novels she recorded two albums; well, one double one really. Recording at the famous Muscle Shoals Sounds studio in Alabama spurred Rose […]

Various americana tours and festivals cancelled or postponed

March 19, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Well this will come as surprising news to precisely no-one but the tour and festival cancellations are coming in thick and fast in the light of restrictions around travel and public gatherings now in place across […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Willie Watson on “Willie Watson”

November 5, 2024 0

Making old-time music relevant for a modern audience with new songs. Willie Watson has had an impressive career as a singer-songwriter, guitarist, banjo player and sometimes actor, but more on that last one later. He was […]

Interviews

Interview: Joachim Cooder on “Dreamer’s Motel”

October 29, 2024 0

How climbing into Jim Keltner’s drum kit as a child set him on a career as a drummer and percussionist. Joachim Cooder may have had a privileged view of the music industry as a child, but […]

Interviews

Interview: Ron Sexsmith on turning 60, making his new album in London, and the art of songwriting

October 28, 2024 0

Ahead of his two ‘Sexsmith At Sixty’ UK shows, in Manchester and London, Ron Sexsmith contemplates getting older and looks back at his 30-year career. Canadian singer-songwriter, Ron Sexsmith, turned 60 earlier this year. As part […]

Features

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

July 13, 2023 47

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 […]

Obituaries

The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

March 12, 2020 4

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 […]

Essentials

Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

July 8, 2021 31

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 […]

Eileen Rose “Muscle Shoals” (Holy Wreckords, 2020)

Various americana tours and festivals cancelled or postponed

Video Interview: Willie Watson on “Willie Watson”

Clem Snide “Oh Smokey”

More People Should Really Know About: Bob Sumner

Fancy Hagood “American Spirit”

Fabletown “Fabletown”