Ron Sexsmith

Ron Sexsmith announces pair of 60th birthday UK shows

May 16, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

“I’m definitely going to have the brakes on all year because I don’t want 60 to come too fast, haha, “ said Ron Sexsmith when interviewed by AUK’s Martin Johnson in early 2023. Now, after sixty […]

Ron Sexsmith Union Chapel 16 05 2023 image credit David Jarman

Live Review: Ron Sexsmith at the Union Chapel, London – 16th May 2023

June 1, 2023 David Jarman 0

London’s Union Chapel was a suitably intimate venue for Ron Sexsmith‘s solo show, one of 6 UK dates, following an extensive Irish tour. Sexsmith was introduced by Bob Harris who recalled how they first met over […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Ron Sexsmith Songs (Part One, 1995-2006)

March 24, 2023 David Jarman 4

I knew I was setting myself a challenge in picking the top 10 Ron Sexsmith songs, having preferred this to his top 10 albums, and in the end, I’ve opted to make it a two-parter, part […]

Ron Sexsmith “Vivian Line”

February 22, 2023 Guy Lincoln 0

Mayor of Melody Town, Ontario re-elected for the 17th time. Americana songwriting has a history. Perhaps more than any other genre of popular song, the annals of whatever it is that presents as Americana are littered […]

Interview: Ron Sexsmith on nearing 60 and leaving Toronto

February 7, 2023 Martin Johnson 2

Take a pinch of Ray Davies, a slice of R&B, and the essence of Leonard Cohen and Gordon Lightfoot. Ron Sexsmith is a singer and a songwriter who excels at both functions. He didn’t release his […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 2

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers