Tony Joe White

Anniversary Cheers: Tony Joe White’s “The Real Thang” celebrates 45 years

November 10, 2025 FredArnold 0

Several years after his death, Tony Joe White’s son Jody unearthed more gems from “The Real Thang” sessions and re-releases the album with 10 more unheard tracks. Forty-five years ago, Tony Joe White released an album […]

Classic Clips: Tony Joe White “Polk Salad Annie” Austin, 1980

May 16, 2025 David Jarman 0

Tony Joe White was a firm favourite artist from the first time I saw him, appearing at the BBC Paris Theatre in Lower Regent Street, London, recording a set for Radio One’s ‘In Concert’ series back […]

Interview: Jeb Loy Nichols pays homage to Woody Guthrie and his dad’s love of bluegrass

January 10, 2023 Martin Johnson 0

Why Wales is similar to Missouri and the joy of first hearing Tony Joe White. It is difficult to think of an artist who is a better embodiment of Americana UK than Jeb Loy Nichols, who […]

Tony Joe White “Smoke From The Chimney”

May 20, 2021 David Jarman 0

A fine posthumous tribute to White featuring the distinctive and unmistakable voice of the ‘Swamp Fox’. ‘Smoke From The Chimney’ is a posthumous release from Tony Joe White, who passed away in 2018, having left a […]

VERSIONS: “Rainy Night In Georgia”

October 5, 2020 Paul Villers 3

In the next of our series looking at songs/singers and the way that they interact with one another Rick Bayles puts ‘Rainy Night In Georgia’ (good and not so good) under the microscope:

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Behind the Songs: Thin Lear

May 13, 2026 0

The songs on Thin Lear’s sophomore album Many Disappeared are tied to each other not in their locale or their cast of characters, but instead in strange tragedies that have taken place, some many years ago. Current […]

Artwork for Yarn album “Saturday Night Sermon”

Yarn “Saturday Night Sermon”

May 13, 2026 0

Enjoyable southern rock release with lyrics that focus on the positive. Formed in Brooklyn at the end of 2006, but now based in North Carolina, Yarn tend to lean towards the southern rock element of americana. […]

Live Review: Merry McCloud & Bruce Welch, The Bread and Roses, London – 3rd May 2026

May 13, 2026 0

The Bread and Roses is located in the heart of Clapham, London. Owned by The Battersea and Wandsworth Trade Union Council, it consists of the ground-floor pub and a theatre space above. It’s a community-oriented establishment […]

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Interviews

Interview: Judy Collins doesn’t look back, she looks forward

May 12, 2026 0

“My home is in New York City, on the Upper West Side,” Judy Collins said, proudly holding up a painting by her sister of cats and dogs that resembles a Monet. When I mentioned travelling up […]

Interviews

Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

May 5, 2026 0

Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]

Album Reviews

The Hackles “What A Beautiful Thing I Have Made”

June 13, 2023 0

The title says it all. Expanding from a duo to become a trio has worked wonders for Luke Ydstie and Kati Claborn: for their third album they’re joined, now permanently, by their neighbour, Halli Anderson from […]

Album Reviews

Wire & Wool “Wire & Wool” (Independent, 2016)

October 2, 2016 0

Wire & Wool are a lively 7-piece from Dundee, Scotland. Formed in 2014 they combine elements of bluegrass, folk and country with energy akin to punk. As with their American counterparts, North Carolina band Chatham County Line […]

Album Reviews

Robin Adams “The Beggar”

November 10, 2025 0

Lo-fi folk reflecting dark times for the writer. “The Beggar” had its genesis as a collection of “quite rough and raw” demo recordings, released in 2018 on Bandcamp. Robin Adams then saw how the songs evolved […]

Anniversary Cheers: Tony Joe White’s “The Real Thang” celebrates 45 years

Classic Clips: Tony Joe White “Polk Salad Annie” Austin, 1980

Interview: Jeb Loy Nichols pays homage to Woody Guthrie and his dad’s love of bluegrass

Tony Joe White “Smoke From The Chimney”

VERSIONS: “Rainy Night In Georgia”

Behind the Songs: Thin Lear

Yarn “Saturday Night Sermon”

Live Review: Merry McCloud & Bruce Welch, The Bread and Roses, London – 3rd May 2026

Van Morrison to play 5 night residency at new West London venue in September

Odd Marshall “Seconds”