Steve Goodman

Essentials: The Top 10 Americana Railroad Songs

April 16, 2026 Martin Johnson 10

At the remove of two hundred years, it is very hard, if not impossible, to fully comprehend the impact that the expansion of railroads throughout the world had in the 19th and early 20th Centuries. The […]

Americana Vinyl Treasures: Steve Goodman “Steve Goodman” – Buddha Records, 1971

September 11, 2023 Rick Bayles 2

Back in the early 1990s, I made a decision that still has me waking up in a cold sweat from time to time; I sold my vinyl collection! It was, in retrospect, a decision of monumental […]

Clint’s Classic Clips: Steve Goodman “The City of New Orleans” The Old Grey Whistle Test, 1972

July 2, 2021 Clint West 6

An early performance from the talented Chicago songwriter who died of leukemia in 1984, aged just 36. The Old Grey Whistle Test first broadcast in 1971 and ran through to 1987 when Janet Street-Porter, the BBC’s […]

10 americana food songs to tuck into

April 23, 2021 Clint West 0

Ask any reader of this site what their great pleasures in life are and many will presumably say music. It’s probably a decent bet though, that many of them would also say food. It therefore makes […]

Forgotten Artists – Bonnie Koloc

May 19, 2020 Clint West 1

Bonnie Koloc was one of three performers who, during the early 1970s, made up the celebrated ‘Trinity of the Chicago Folk Scene’. The other two were John Prine and Steve Goodman. That in itself should be […]

Railcard “Unstable Neighbour” – let’s get on, ok?

August 6, 2026 0

Railcard’s new single from their debut album Two Steps At A Time, is a softly sunny power pop take on a common problem – the unreasonable person who lives next door. Tell us about it. Although […]

Video: Karl Bray “Marianne”

August 6, 2026 0

Here’s the sound of the summer; Marianne is upbeat folk from singer-songwriter Karl Bray. Featuring guitar from Paul Phillips, former member of Pooh Sticks, Marianne opens with a light strum before the song settles into its swaying […]

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 […]