For many, in its 70s and 80s heyday, the New Musical Express was a profound force in shaping their musical DNA. Its championing of the snotty nosed punk brats and its ensuing devotion to the new […]
A mighty and entirely merited salute to a giant of americana. Nanci Griffith would have turned 70 in July 2023 had she not died in August 2021 after a long illness. To celebrate her life and […]
Martin Johnson recently ranked Guy Clark at the top of his greatest ever americana artists list. The next available evening found me playing my favourite Guy Clark song and watching the documentary ‘Heartworn Highways’. And going […]
Lyle Lovett emerged onto the country scene in the mid 80’s, around the same time as several other major talents – Nanci Griffith, Steve Earle, Mary Chapin Carpenter and his close friend Robert Earl Keen jnr, […]
A truly exceptional debut album that neither required nor received a follow-up. Some artists spend their whole career searching for that definitive moment when everything comes together to produce the classic album that sits alongside those […]
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