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Oct 6, 20224 min read
Remember Loretta as a Great Songwriter
As the music world reacts to the death of the Queen of Country Loretta Lynn, at the age of 90, most of the headlines will no doubt...
Sep 19, 20224 min read
Deserved Award for a Musician’s Musician
There is no one more fitting to receive a distinguished music award than Buddy Miller and there is no more appropriate manner for him to...
Sep 3, 20228 min read
How Rolling Stone Defines “Country”
Trying to define the distinction between Country and Americana music is - to quote a famous pop song - a mixed-up, muddled-up, shook-up...
Aug 25, 202214 min read
Sounds Familiar?
There’s an old adage, often heard in music studios, which goes something like: “Behind every good songwriter is … someone else’s song.”...
Aug 8, 20223 min read
The Best in Bluegrass Pay Tribute to Guitar Great
There is no better tribute to a lost recording artist than in song, especially when that tribute emulates all that the legend left...
Aug 1, 20225 min read
Archie Roach a National Truth Teller in Music
Acclaimed Australian Indigenous singer-songwriter Archie Roach has died, leaving behind a legacy of being the writer of some of the...
Jul 22, 20224 min read
Tami Neilson Makes a Statement … With Help from Willie
Canadian Tami Neilson may have followed her heart to New Zealand - in the outer parts of the hemisphere - nearly 20 years ago, but her...
Jul 4, 20224 min read
T-Bone A Rare Find
The Tuning Fork is an oddly-named roots music venue in downtown Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city. It is a pretty unassuming bar which...
Jul 2, 20225 min read
Why Molly Tuttle Will Always Be a Crooked Tree
Molly Tuttle is fast emerging as one of the greatest guitar pickers of her generation – cemented by the huge popularity of her first...
May 31, 20223 min read
NGDB Take a Polished No-Risk Approach to Dylan
It may have taken 50-odd years, but perhaps the greatest interpreters of roots music have finally put their innovative skills to the...
May 22, 20224 min read
Mavis and Levon Deliver Music for the Ages
Archival live recordings released as albums are, to use an old expression, two-a-penny - especially in these days of streamed music...
May 14, 20223 min read
Lyle Lovett’s First New Music for a Decade
Lyle Lovett has produced his first new music in 10 years with the release of 12th of June – a genre-fusion of country, jazz, blues and...
Apr 30, 20225 min read
The Road Goes On Forever ... until September
If there was ever a best mix ‘n match in Americana music, it would have to be Austin City Limits and singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen....
Apr 24, 20224 min read
Stars Reunite for Tribute Album to Legends
One of the most distinctive pair in roots music has reunited after more than half a century, to produce a new album featuring the work of...
Apr 16, 20223 min read
Lucinda Feeble But in Full Voice
Lucinda Williams is on the road again. This fact may not be headline-grabbing given that musicians all around the world are back touring...
Apr 6, 20225 min read
Back On The Road Again
The death of Foo Fighters' drummer Taylor Hawkins while on tour in South Americana is a sad reminder that musicians are back on the road...
Feb 19, 20229 min read
Spotify Row Triggers Artist Backlash
The recent feud between big-name artists and streaming services epitomizes the sheer complexities of the music industry in an era when...
Jan 31, 20226 min read
Doc’s Roots Music Heritage in a Box Set
In an era when music news seems dominated by superstars either squabbling with streaming services or preoccupied with multi-million...
Jan 17, 20223 min read
Songwriter with the "Feel for a Song" Dead at 82
There’s a common refrain in the studios of Nashville which says: “Emmylou Harris can make a good song great.” But when she scored a...
Dec 28, 20216 min read
Lost In 2021 But The Music Remains
If ever there was a moment in 2021 which personified Americana’s desire to embrace all musical genres, it came at the Americana Music...
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