Warren Zevon

Classic Americana Albums: Warren Zevon “Warren Zevon” (Asylum, 1976)

September 2, 2020 Tim Martin 4

With his third album release, ‘Excitable Boy’ Warren Zevon hit the charts with the single ‘Werewolves of London’. It is still his best-selling album overall. But the self-titled album that preceded it set the seal on […]

10 Americana songs with a boxing theme

July 6, 2020 Clint West 4

Listening to the excellent new Matt Hill album ‘Savage Pilgrims’ I was particularly struck by the track ‘Bendigo’ which tells the story of a 19th century Nottinghamshire prizefighter. It set me thinking about boxing-themed songs and how I’d […]

Ten great “Los Angeles” songs

March 30, 2020 Jonathan Aird 5

Los Angeles seems like some kind of paradise from its iconic images and its magnetic pull on many who work in the visual and audio arts. Yet in song it can seem a much bleaker place […]

Here’s 10 americana songs with great lyrics

July 2, 2019 Mark Underwood 7

Given the way in in which people typically consume music nowadays, all too often the lyrics are sidelined, if not completely overlooked. But great lyrics are often what make the best songs truly memorable. The following […]

Warren Zevon book collection goes up for auction

July 3, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Although you may need to take early retirement to enjoy them all (and if you’re already retired, this whole post is laced with envy). Stereogum reports: “Late singer and songwriter Warren Zevon’s heroes were writers and […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 2

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers