Willie Nile

Interview: Emily Duff explains her razor blade smile

August 4, 2021 Martin Johnson 0

How a New York City attitude was mixed with southern country soul. Singer-songwriter and guitarist Emily Duff is a New Yorker born and bred, but it is the music of the American South that has […]

AmericanA-Z special: Interview with Willie Nile

August 4, 2020 Gordon Sharpe 2

I’ve been lucky enough to see Willie Nile live on two occasions. Given that they were in Colwyn Bay and Macclesfield respectively, no geographic disrespect implied, it proved to be very much a case of […]

Essentials: Top 10 Gene Clark Songs

Essentials

September 23, 2021 2

Gene Clark’s story is one that legends in modern music, any genre or style are built upon. From humble background to fame and fortune, to substance abuse (quite a few of those), to recovery, back […]

The Connells “Steadman’s Wake”

Album Reviews

September 23, 2021 0

College rock favourites, The Connells, release ‘Steadman’s Wake‘, their ninth album, and their first release in almost twenty years. For those younger readers, US college rock was the late 80s and early 90s forerunner of […]

Watchhouse “Watchhouse”

Album Reviews

September 23, 2021 0

Top drawer New Appalachian Folk. Formerly known as Mandolin Orange. Better known to their friends and families as Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz. Irrespective of the name change, New Appalachian Folk is still their stock […]

Simone Felice “Year Around The Sun” – Another year gone, what’s new?

Videos

September 23, 2021 0

The superb Simone Felice has a new single out, ‘Year Around the Sun’, and it is his first new music since 2018. it is also his first recording for new label Chrysalis. It is, of […]

Paperback Riders: William Least Heat-Moon “Blue Highways”

Book reviews

September 23, 2021 0

An influential if at times flawed travelogue from the late 1970s. When I was about ten I went to see ‘Born Free’ with a friend. This involved walking from Thornhill down to Low Mill along […]

Interview: Emily Duff explains her razor blade smile

AmericanA-Z special: Interview with Willie Nile

Interview: Eric Bibb on his love letter to America

Interview: Heartless Bastards’ Erika Wennerstrom explains why she isn’t

Interview: Stephen Deusner on why he wrote the first Drive-By Truckers biography

Interview: Leonard Podolak on home routes, Canadian folk music and what really happened to The Duhks

Interview: Jerry Joseph talks about his joy at finally playing live

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