The Long Ryders

“What is this Americana thing anyway…?” – Clint West

January 16, 2020 Paul Villers 3

Time for another in our series looking at the routes our writers have taken into Americana and just what it is that makes it our favourite genre. This week we are warmed by Clint West’s pathological […]

A Review of the Year: My friend lives in an Ivory Tower, she’s Protected from Misery.

December 17, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

Which is quite lucky for her really – everyone else has probably noticed that 2019 has been one of those years destined to go down in history as interesting – and we all know the value […]

The Long Ryders + The Hanging Stars, Gorilla, Manchester, 10 April 2019

April 16, 2019 Clint West 0

It seems that nearly everyone you speak to arrived at this thing we call Americana via a different route. One area of commonality though, is that The Long Ryders were an important step on that journey, […]

The Long Ryders “Two Fisted Tales” (Cherry Red Records, 2018)

January 15, 2019 Jonathan Aird 2

This is a great time to be an admirer of the Long Ryders – not only is the band back together but with this release the excellent series of expanded original albums is complete. The third […]

The Long Ryders “State Of Our Union” (Cherry Red Records, 2018)

January 8, 2019 Jonathan Aird 1

The Long Ryders’ second album, the one that opens with the powerful ‘Looking for Lewis and Clarke‘, has been given the deluxe 3-disc box set treatment for this reissue on Cherry Red Records. It hardly seems […]