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Unsung Heroes of Americana – Asylum Records

January 11, 2021 Rick Bayles 2

We’re back with our first Unsung Heroes of Americana article for 2021 and Tim Martin returns to take a look at a record company that has become synonymous with the genre. David Geffen has a reputation […]

Gordon Barry “All The Live Long Year” (Froggy Bug Music, 2020)

October 29, 2020 Viv Fish 0

Gordon Barry, an award-winning Irish singer-songwriter from charming Wexford, has remarkably handsome vocal talent and refined musical skills. ‘All the Live Long Year‘, the follow up to Barry’s debut album ‘The Best Way To Kill A […]

Book Review: Todd Westbrook “Americanaville” (Independent, 2020)

October 28, 2020 Richard Phillips 0

Americanaville is a project created by Todd Westbrook that saw its inception as an essay but which has now burgeoned into a series of chapters that are currently available for free at http://tswestbrook.com. Westbrook describes a […]

10 songs about truckers and trucking – Part 2

October 27, 2020 Gordon Sharpe 6

So many good things were left out of the recent first offering that here’s a second helping of songs about truckers and trucking, including two very different takes on the same track, some thoughts about female […]

Ten Americana songs about telephony

August 13, 2020 Rick Bayles 4

Where would the world of Americana be without Alexander Graham Bell’s little invention? How could anyone call their Baby to let them know they’re coming home to them? How else could they pour their heart out […]