The 80s wasn’t a great period for classic americana albums. The fashion at the time dictated that many albums were overproduced and featured lots of synthesisers and effects and these are not styles that suit roots-based […]
In 1984 I discovered Elvis Costello. I quickly sought out his back catalogue. However, there was a problem. I couldn’t get my head around ‘Almost Blue’, his 1981 album of country covers. Aptly enough the album […]
Honest and heart-breaking, Rosanne Cash’s ‘Interiors’ remains a powerful record of unravelling love. 1990 was a tumultuous time of change for Rosanne Cash and this is reflected by the deeply personal ‘Interiors’, one of her finest […]
Over a music career lasting more than forty years, Rosanne Cash has enjoyed both critical and commercial success, winning Grammy Awards and delivering a string of hits in the U.S. Country Charts. Stylistically, Cash has drawn […]
That’s us again for this week dear reader. We leave you with a new powerful song from Rosanne Cash in which she tackles the US’s dark history of lynchings, called ‘The Killing Fields.’ “A few years of […]
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