The Long Ryders

Live Review: The Long Ryders + Autumn Saints, 229, London – 20th May 2023

June 2, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

A gig by The Long Ryders is always going to be an event, that goes without saying, and anyone who thinks that this writer is going to be approaching such an event without a keen anticipation […]

Video: Stephen McCarthy & Carla Olson “Night Comes Falling”

October 3, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

Here is the title track from a new collaborative album from Stephen McCarthy and Carla Olson. The pair have a hugely influential history in the music industry, with McCarthy having starred in Long Ryders, Jayhawks and […]

Classic Americana Albums: The Long Ryders “Native Sons”

October 27, 2021 Clint West 2

Following its October 1984 US release on Frontier Records, ‘Native Sons’ hit the UK in March 1985 when it was picked up and released by Demon Records’ Zippo label. Despite some success on the US college […]

Clint’s Classic Clips: The Long Ryders “Lights of Downtown” – The Old Grey Whistle Test, 1985

September 17, 2021 Clint West 0

The Long Ryders win by a short nose in close race to the finishing post – makes no sense? Read on. This is the last in the series ‘Clint’s Classic Clips’ – but fear not, your […]

Too many outlets letting out – Jon Aird’s Year in Tracks

December 9, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Just keeping the year on Track has been a challenge in more ways than one – but one of the things about 2020 that can be slightly celebrated is that there has been so much new […]

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