In honour of the season and all the traffic hereabouts about Christmas songs, I thought I would revisit an article I wrote a year ago about The Albion Christmas Band. There is actually a degree of guilt in this – […]
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It was a year in which a lot of old campaigners gave a good account of themselves. In addition to those listed below, the likes of Van Morrison, John Cale, Dexys, Dr John, Kris Kristofferson and (at least in parts) Bob Dylan all made decent records with […]
It was more than a lifetime ago. Eras of my life have come and gone. I’ve reached for se heights, hit more bottoms than I care to admit and now I’m here with suitcases loaded with 57 years of memories […]
I do this list every year, and usually it has 10 recordings on it, and is not limited to recordings released in the current year. This year, I tried to stick with just stuff released in 2012, and it was […]
Hi Joseph, I noticed this thread come up on your blog. To answer your question, first it helps to understand the context. Rick loved country-rock from day-one. In the 50’s it was terms rock-a-billy. That was what resonated for Rick. […]
Great news! The dog didn’t eat my No Depression homework! Here is my list of Favorite CD’s of 2012. The candidates were limited to recordings I’ve actually heard, so this list is by no means a comprehensive expose on the BEST […]
I don’t own a tv. Maybe five, six years ago, I realized how easy it was to get sucked into stuff that didn’t matter; but even worse, to obsess about bad news. The pornography of the unthinkable, snuff films for […]
Holly Golightly is my interview guest on episode 118 of the Americana Music Show. She talks about her travels from punk to blues; singing songs into her hairbrush for 20 years; and the downside of million dollar checks. Plus music from JD […]
Because I narrowed the focus for my 2012 top ten, excluding live albums and those that were not mainly original work, and because I adopted pretty arbitrary boundaries for what Americana/alt country includes, I left out a lot of music […]
I don’t know about you all but 2012 kicked my ass. I hate to be narcissistic but not more than I hate to be dishonest (plus, I’m a musician, so you’ll indulge me a little bit, won’t you?): my Best […]
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