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Record Store Day – the Americana UK guide to the releases

April 22, 2022 Emily Dongray 1

It’s that time again where the format fiends get excited about queueing at 5 am (or earlier) to be among the few to own this year’s exclusively released records. Record Store Day started in 2007 and […]

Interview: Amy Speace on boredom and trauma as inspiration for “Tucson”

April 6, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

There is no such thing as writers’ block as even a 100-year-old parlor grand piano can inspire. Amy Speace is twenty years into a career that has seen her critical stock continue to rise. Her 2021 […]

Video Premiere: Mackenzie Grant “Borderline”

February 2, 2022 Andrew Frolish 2

Mackenzie Grant’s latest single is a sensitive interpretation of the Joni Mitchell classic ‘Borderline’. The song originally featured on Mitchell’s GRAMMY Award-winning ‘Turbulent Indigo’ album in 1994, which was inspired by the life of Van Gogh, […]

The Unsung Heroes of Americana – A&M studios, Los Angeles

October 14, 2021 Tim Martin 0

Regular contributor to these features, Tim Martin, takes a look at an iconic recording studio, closely linked to the sounds of Laurel Canyon. Some studios become linked to particular artists or musical genres. Abbey Road will […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Laurel Canyon albums

September 2, 2021 Alan Fitter 5

If anyone ever invented a time machine (unlikely, if not impossible but I can dream can’t I?) there are a lot of times and places I’d go back to but Laurel Canyon any time between 1967 […]