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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Fred Arnold

January 4, 2024 FredArnold 8

So, my initial list of candidates for this enterprise, drawn purely from memory without any prompts, added up to 35 artists. Then I went to the prompts (my music collection). That brought the number up to […]

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Pete Churchill

October 12, 2023 Peter Churchill 7

Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists. Ever? Impossible task. So, let us assume the writer cannot possibly have had access to every potential artist who might fit comfortably into that category and take it from there. […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Gretchen Peters Songs

April 27, 2023 Graeme Tait 12

Back on the 12th August 2022 I opened an e-mail from Gretchen Peters as many would have done across the country that morning with the single word headline ‘Announcement’. Intrigued I quickly proceeded to cast my […]

Gretchen Peters’ Final UK tour dates announced

March 20, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

In a very literal sense it is the end of an era – Gretchen Peters will be touring the UK for the last time in May, bringing to a close more than 25 years of playing […]

Dream Team Double Header – Gretchen Peters, Flaming Lips: “Imagine it – sensational!”

January 12, 2023 Jonathan Aird 1

So, perhaps we need to remind readers new and old about this occasional feature. Songkick is a great and useful website, and it kindly sends out email shots highlighting artists on tour that one has expressed […]

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 […]

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

August 6, 2026 0

Railcard’s new single from their debut album Two Steps At A Time, is a softly sunny power pop take on a common problem – the unreasonable person who lives next door. Tell us about it. Although […]

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Fred Arnold

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Pete Churchill

Essentials: The Top 10 Gretchen Peters Songs

Gretchen Peters’ Final UK tour dates announced

Dream Team Double Header – Gretchen Peters, Flaming Lips: “Imagine it – sensational!”

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”

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits