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Cover art for Fruit Bats album The Landfill

Fruit Bats “The Landfill”

July 3, 2026 Peter Thompson 0

After a gap of a mere nine months, Eric D. Johnson returns with a new Fruit Bats offering – the americana world should rejoice. We really need to get something out of the way immediately. The […]

Americana Stories – Simon Lamont “Americana”

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Simon Lamont’s contribution to our americana stories is called Americana. And it covers one of our core topics, what is americana, and why isn’t it country? Simon Lamont is an Irish writer and designer (graphic/web/garden) who […]

Classic Clips: Joni Mitchell “Coyote”, Gordon Lightfoot’s home, 1975

July 3, 2026 1

No doubt some really clued up expert on the Rolling Thunder Revue can pinpoint the actual evening that this clip comes from, but enough to say that it is footage captured whilst Joni Mitchell was on […]

Fruit Bats “The Landfill”

July 3, 2026 0

After a gap of a mere nine months, Eric D. Johnson returns with a new Fruit Bats offering – the americana world should rejoice. We really need to get something out of the way immediately. The […]

Fruit Bats “The Landfill”

Americana Stories – Simon Lamont “Americana”

Classic Clips: Joni Mitchell “Coyote”, Gordon Lightfoot’s home, 1975

Fruit Bats “The Landfill”

Hell in a Handcart – making a profit for “The Man”

Elizabeth Cook announces new album and narrative film