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More People Really Should Know About: Logan Ledger

June 24, 2025 Richard Parkinson 1

It seems a bit odd to be writing this feature about an artist who is signed to Rounder Records and had his debut produced by T Bone Burnett. The paradox with Ledger is that despite this, […]

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Essentials: A ten song americana trip through California

February 20, 2025 Richard Parkinson 1

The Golden State is one of the geographical pillars of country and roots music giving rise to the Bakersfield sound, acid folk, country rock, the Paisley underground and much more.  In 2023, the Country Music Hall of […]

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Robert’s Western World celebrates 25 years with street party and livestream

August 1, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Any music fan who has visited Nashville will have spent at least one evening at Robert’s Western World on Lower Broadway.  In 2024, the venue, known as Nashville’s Home of Traditional Country Music, is celebrating its […]

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Logan Ledger “Golden State”

October 4, 2023 Chas Lacey 2

Reflections on love and loss, drawing upon California’s musical heritage. With the estimable T-Bone Burnett curating his eponymous début album in 2020, Logan Ledger announced his arrival on the Nashville scene. Raised in the San Francisco […]

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Behind the Songs: Chris Stamey “Anything Is Possible”

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North Carolina singer-songwriter and producer Chris Stamey is an indie rock icon with a long and illustrious history, starting in the mid-70s with Mitch Easter in the band Sneakers, then co-founding the avant-pop band The dBs […]

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Interview: Michelle Billingsley on honky-tonkin’ and two-steppin’

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It was a windy, wintry January day in Chicago when June, Michelle Billingsley’s 50-pound Australian Shepherd, jumped up beside her on the couch. “Yeah, she saw me putting on my makeup, which usually means I’m going […]

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Interview: Swarme of Beese finds more poetry in darkness than in light

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The term mutant folk seems to fit. In the band’s early days, before The Victor Mourning emerged from the pupa into an adult Swarme of Beese, their songs elicited unusual receptions. Co-songwriter Lynne Adele recalls performing […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

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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 […]

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Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

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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 […]

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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 […]

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