Features
Discovering… Nanci Griffith
There are artists who you know you ought to like but it’s hard to find the connection to their music, or they just pass you by for some reason. For me Nanci Griffith fell into that […]
Nanci Griffith
Obituaries
The Song Remains: Nanci Griffith 1953 – 2021
Literate songwriter, sublime singer and interpreter, role model and activist. News of Nanci Griffith’s death on 13th August has caused a level of shock and sadness throughout the music community that truly reflects her standing as […]
Classic Americana Albums
Classic Americana Albums: Nanci Griffith “One Fair Summer Evening”
Quality songcraft and small club ambience. A smattering of crowd noise, then a quiet voice announces “Y’all welcome…Nanci Griffith”, and we’re spirited back to a warm Texas night in 1988, at the Anderson Fair, an old […]
Columns
Clint’s Classic Clips: Nanci Griffith “Love at the Five and Dime” BBC 1994
The BBC’s rich musical archive comes up trumps with this captivating performance from 1994. I can’t pinpoint the exact moment when I first came across Nanci Griffith, but it was definitely during the 1980s and almost […]
AmericanA to Z
AmericanA to Z – Nanci Griffith
With twenty albums under her belt Nanci Griffith is by no means an unknown artist; singing what she classes a folkabilly, she writes with a confessional style, and with her voice, which is made for folk […]