Obituaries
The Song Remains: David Crosby (1941 – 2023)
The death of David Crosby, who passed on the 19th of January, was hardly unanticipated – it’s not just that he was 81, but he had been saying in interviews “how am I still alive?” as […]
The Byrds
Tracks
David Crosby – Remembering His Name
There will of course be a proper obituary coming, but it seems like there should be an acknowledgement right now of the passing of David Crosby. The most cantankerous and argumentative man in rock? Well, he […]
Americana Bedrock
Americana Bedrock – The Byrds
Our focus with this new feature is to look at the artists who have helped lay the foundations and pave the way for the emergence of the musical genre we know today as ‘americana’. Now there […]
Book Reviews
Paperback Riders: David N Meyer “Twenty Thousand Roads: The Ballad of Gram Parsons and His Cosmic American Music”
A quick look around Good Reads finds twelve biographies that are either directly about Parsons, or about the bands he was part of. So, if we are picking one source to learn about Gram Parsons why […]
Interviews
Interview: Tony Poole’s Back Pages
An alternative history of UK americana over the last 50 years from one of the originators. Maestro of the Rickenbacker 12 String, helm of Bennett Wilson Poole, studio wizard and veteran of the pub rock years, […]