Select Page

John Prine, Randy Newman, and bit of Trump on the side.

I'm not going to pepper this blog with obituaries, unless like Tim Brooke-Taylor they are of someone who particularly affects me. Anyway I couldn't touch Americana UK's coverage of the passing of John Prine. My colleague Clint West has done a fine appraisal of him...

read more

Walter Becker

There have been lots of eloquent tributes to Walter Becker, but these are a few random personal thoughts.I've mentioned before how I came by some of my early music choices, none have stayed with me as consistently as Steely Dan. I joined the party with 'Aja' which...

read more

The Dark Side

This started out as an Artist Choice about Steely Dan. I will get to that soon but for now I've been diverted by the vexed subject of Bootlegs.A year or so ago I wrote to Shindig Magazine about the fact that they reviewed so many live albums that were defacto...

read more

Latest Posts

Dream Syndicate – Medicine Show: I Know What You Like (4 CD Deluxe Edition)

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...

We’ve got five years, what a surprise!

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...

Album review: Rain Parade – “Crashing Dream” deluxe edition

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...

So that didn’t go according to plan…

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...

Yet more Power Pop…

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...

Categories

Accessibility Options

Quick Presets
Font Size
Line Height
Letter Spacing
Color Schemes
Text Alignment
Options
Reading & Focus
Read Aloud
Speed: 1x
Cursor Size