Willie Nelson

Classic Clips: The Highwaymen “Desperados Waiting For A Train” – Live at Nassau Coliseum, 1990

October 9, 2023 Graeme Tait 0

One would hardly need an excuse to revisit such an iconic moment in musical history, not just americana or country music history, that took place at the Nassau Coliseum in 1990, but recent rumours of the […]

Interview: Lukas Nelson on his UK and Ireland tour and The Hokey Pokey

June 9, 2023 Martin Johnson 0

“Sticks and Stones” is designed to be played live and for audiences to have fun, dance and shed a few tears. Just being part of a legendary musical dynasty doesn’t mean you don’t have to work […]

Video: Amanda Shires and Bobbie Nelson featuring Willie Nelson “Summertime”

May 12, 2023 Ed Donnelly 0

Amanda Shires joins Bobbie Nelson and her brother Willie on Gershwin’s classic ‘Summertime’. The video was shot as Nelson and Shires recorded the song at Arlyn Studios in Austin Texas before Bobbie’s passing in 2022. A long-standing […]

artwork for Willie Nelson album "I Don't Know A Thing About Love"

Willie Nelson “I Don’t Know A Thing About Love”

March 13, 2023 Graeme Tait 2

Nelson adds his own perspective to the abiding musical legacy of one of country music’s greatest songwriters. Back in the final years of the 1950’s when the musical landscape much like the wider world was perceived […]

Willie Nelson nudges his album count up

March 6, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Willie Nelson has, apparently, 150 albums to his name. We haven’t fact checked that, we’re taking it as the truth. It sounds believable after all. These include a number of albums that have the Texan legend […]

Something for the weekend: Son Volt “If I Could”

July 17, 2026 1

Well that’s it from us for this week and we leave you dear reader with a new song from alt-country heroes/pioneers/stalwarts/choose your own noun Son Volt whose latest album Sound Signal Serenades was physically released on […]

Artwork for Bell White album "A sign in the weather"

Bella White “A Sign In The Weather”

July 17, 2026 0

A strong third album from the rootsy Canadian “Appalachian” artist from New Orleans showing raw emotion and a degree of post-breakup positivity. As you listen to each song on Bella White’s new studio album you feel […]

Jawdropped have a “Secret To Spare” and October dates

July 17, 2026 0

Jawdropped, a four-piece from Los Angeles, have announced their debut album, Secret To Spare, due 18th September via Transgressive Records / Canvasback. The band has also released the first single, Split Lip, along with a video […]

Interviews

Interview: What Taylor Bickett is shooting for

July 16, 2026 0

Nothing I Can’t Undo is such a deeply earnest, empathetic and personal album that captures exactly what a solo debut is supposed to be by introducing us, in full, to Taylor Bickett, a 20-something singer/songwriter from […]

Interviews

Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0

Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]

Interviews

Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 1

Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]

Album Reviews

Robert Forster “The Candle And The Flame”

February 9, 2023 0

Solo album number 8 for respected Brisbane singer-songwriter. Acclaimed Australian singer-songwriter Robert Forster has been around a while. He was the co-founder of The Go-Betweens and made nine albums in that guise from the 1980s on, […]

Videos

Video Premiere: Leaf Rapids “In the Woods”

June 6, 2024 0

Check out the new single from Winnipeg-based Americana band Leaf Rapids, whose cinematic style has been called Canadiana. ‘In the Woods’ is a darkly atmospheric song that draws us in with its haunting melody. Joanna Miller’s […]

Live Reviews

Syncing Americana – A panel discussion at the AMAUK conference

April 3, 2024 1

OK, we promise this is the last of our ramblings garnered from the AMAUK’s January shindig. While it is the showcase gigs and the awards show which get all the attention, industry movers and shakers get […]

Classic Clips: The Highwaymen “Desperados Waiting For A Train” – Live at Nassau Coliseum, 1990

Interview: Lukas Nelson on his UK and Ireland tour and The Hokey Pokey

Video: Amanda Shires and Bobbie Nelson featuring Willie Nelson “Summertime”

Willie Nelson “I Don’t Know A Thing About Love”

Willie Nelson nudges his album count up

Something for the weekend: Son Volt “If I Could”

Bella White “A Sign In The Weather”

Jawdropped have a “Secret To Spare” and October dates

Classic Clips: Anna Tivel “Rodeo Queens” – She’s Speaking

Paperback Riders: Dennis McNally “A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead”