Why the blues is at the heart of all American roots music. Texas bluesman Johnny Copeland was at the forefront of keeping the blues alive and fresh in the ‘80s and ‘90s, and now his daughter […]
Northern Irish Nashville-based Ben Glover’s fine collection of songs. Ben Glover is as well-known as a songwriter as a performer, having written or co-written for a host of acts including Gretchen Peters, Mary Gauthier and Kim […]
From East Lothian via East Nashville, Owens reunites with long-term collaborators to deliver eleven songs written during the pandemic years. There would be little exaggeration in suggesting that Dean Owens is possibly one of the hardest-working […]
Is this the most beautiful song from Dean Owens yet? I think it might be. ‘Sometime’ seems to float on a warm breeze of keys and sonorous bass that adds great depth to the song. Over […]
Nashville resident Phil Madeira is an almost perfect example of those “cats” John Sebastian sang about all those years ago. A multi instrumentalist, an in demand session musician, hit songwriter (for Keb’ Mo’, Alison Krauss and […]
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