When my Americana UK colleague Paul Kerr posted on the dreaded socials about the 40th Anniversary edition of ‘The Days of Wine and Roses’ late in 2023, I needed no persuading to invest in my third copy of the album with its lovely book and intriguing extras. The hope...
No I'm not going to start singing Bowie, but it is 5 years since I started my CD store on Discogs. I’ve sold nearly 19,500 discs in that time, and I thought it would be interesting to work out who the most popular artists have been over the 5 years. This is of course...
Having reviewed the 40th anniversary reissue of “Emergency Third Rail Power Trip” over at Americana UK last December I had rediscovered my love for all things Paisley Underground. So, the notice about this issue of “Crashing Dream” dropping into my inbox was cause for...
Having made all sorts of promises about featuring lots of exciting things from the “big box of discs” I promptly had the biggest down spike in M.E. for 10 years. That meant that it was triage time and doing enough to keep earning a living became the priority and...
I’ve been listening to the audiobook of Go All The Way: A Literary Appreciation of Power Pop. Edited by Paul Myers and S. W. Lauden it’s a mine of information and opinion. With What is Power Pop being almost as common a question as What is Americana, and just as...
I met Alison Thompson at the same music networking group as Mark Beaumont-Thomas. She's a fine writer with a keen ear for good music, and i'm delighted she's writing a few reviews here. You can find more of her writing on Substack including a very entertaining piece...
There are quite a few Willie Nile albums in the box so first place to look was Americana UK. IN 2023 PAul Russell had guided us towards the top 10 Willie Nile albums. I'll link to Paul's article below as I can't better it. One album that didn't get a mention was Live...
Good Luck Mountain Mike Ferrio's previous band, the Tandy, came to an end with the untimely death of his musical partner Drew Glackin. Good Luck Mountain is his response to the shock and grief of that event, and also a fresh start in a new direction. Good Luck...
After a pause to catch breath, there’s a new focus here at 160gigblog for 2025. I may have mentioned my online CD shop at Discogs once or twice. The problem with being a music obsessive with a constant stream of new music coming though the door is making sure that...
Like many people 2024 has not been the best of years in the real world here, so music has been the thing to keep the spirits up when all else was going to pieces As much of my listening this year has been old stuff (courtesy of the CDs that passed through the shop)...
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