So, it’s my turn to agonise over the selection of the greatest ever artists in our little musical world of americana. Of course, the first thing to consider is how on earth we define the genre […]
Aargh! The best? How do you even do that? Answer: don’t fret, just pick ten who spring to mind, even if that means leaving out Bob Dylan, The Band, Jackson Browne, Bruce Springsteen, Steve Earle, Jason […]
Unusually Townes Van Zandt’s ‘White Freightliner Blues’ first appeared on his ‘Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas’ album. So, in that same spirit I have chosen three live covers to feature on top of the […]
From learning old-time music in his family home to hosting John Lee Hooker, Guy and Townes. Ed Snodderly is a child of the American South and he so is obsessed with its culture and music that […]
For the first time, Townes Van Zandt’s Grammy-nominated posthumous 1999 release ‘A Far Cry From Dead‘ will see a vinyl release. Van Zandt recorded the vocal and guitar takes for the album from the late 80s […]
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