Lists such as this are always agonisingly difficult to compile. There’s the aching self-doubt, the lingering sense that you have forgotten something or someone important and regrets over who has been left out. The decisions made […]
Near the end of the legendary concert film ‘The Last Waltz’, The Band and The Staples Singers perform ‘The Weight’ together on a sound stage. As they exit the final verse of the song Mavis Staples […]
Get the best, how Matt North got Wilco’s producer, Lucinda Williams’ guitarist, Emmylou Harris’s bassist, and Chris Stapleton’s keyboardist to work with him. There aren’t many singer-songwriters who get to middle-age before starting their solo recording […]
How jams at the back of Bob Dylan’s tour bus and Levon Helm’s Barn helped a personal relationship become a musical one. ‘It Was The Music’ is a 10 episode documentary series by director Mark Moskowitz […]
In a recent poll on this very website, The Band’s eponymous 1969 album was voted the top Americana album of all time – a deserved honour for a band who epitomises the genre with a body […]
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