Features
Americana one two three….
Numbers, they are great, aren’t they? All around us all the time – there’s the wall that’s not quite upright, leaning at 5 degress, there’s the quickest way from point A where you might be standing […]
Hank Williams
Features
Peter Bogdanovich’s “Very Last Picture Show” revisited
A classic film of the 1970s’ – with its lonesome cheating heart in Texas. Film director Peter Bogdanovich died on the 6th of January this year – the news of which brought to mind what I would […]
Classic Americana Albums
Classic Americana Albums: Ray Charles “Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music”
Ray Charles was one smart son of a gun. He’d conquered the RnB world during the 1950s, despite his own blindness and American society’s overt racial barriers. But he knew there was beauty and versatility in […]
Classic Americana Albums
Classic Americana Albums: Elvis Costello and the Attractions “Almost Blue” (F-Beat, 1981)
Classic Americana Albums, by definition, have achieved a relevance that is timeless and are no longer dependent on the time and place that formed them. Elvis Costello’s ‘Almost Blue’, whilst timeless is also very topical now […]
Classic Americana Albums
Classic Americana Albums: Leon Russell “Hank Wilson’s Back Vol 1” (Shelter Records, 1973)
These days, not many people are aware of Leon Russell’s music and while fans of americana may recognise the name of one of the architects of the genre, even most americana fans are more familiar with […]