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WE RODE INTO NAZARETH

This book sets the record straight about The Band: who they were and how they changed modern society."  
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THE SONGS OF NANCI GRIFFITH

Perhaps her most popular recording to date, 1994's Flyer (left) featured a mix of rock and folk. She enlisted Peter Buck (R.E.M), Larry Mullen Jr. and Adam Clayton (both of U2), The Indigo Girls and others.
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DOWN THE HIGHWAYS OF AMERICANA

"Americana exists so honest people can make real music that defies needing smash hits. It's about good songs that show people how art can improve their lives,"
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PICCADILLY RADIO: going ga ga at fifty !

“For the Record – Celebrating Piccadilly Radio’s 50th Anniversary” is a nostalgic time machine that transports readers to an era of iconic jingles, beloved presenters, and unforgettable moments.
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IN THE MINDS OF MEN?

Daddy is very different from The Girls, its style more crisp than the earlier novel’s dreaminess. But it does share with its predecessor a feeling of dread: in every story, there is a heavy sense of a shoe about to drop
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Sidetracks And Detours present PASS IT ON weekly walkabout 23 Sunday 22nd October 2023

my mind recently cast back to Sunday 15th October 1989 when John Stewart appeared with Hugh Moffatt as support at the Flying Picket in Liverpool-a gig which Geoff Davies promoted.
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TOM WAITS LIKE A SONG-NOIR AMONG THE BOOKS

: from his soft, folk-inflected debut, Closing Time in 1973, to the abrasive, surreal Swordfishtrombones in 1983.

Visual Artist Micaela Cometa Xerra

My works can be found in private and corporate collections and I’m currently represented by "Los Colores de La Isla" in the Lanzarote Art Gallery and Lanzarote Airport Internacional Cesar Manriquez;
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RIDING BACK TO  BLUEGRASS

Willie. Nelson is a legend. In the end, fans can only say “thank you” for all the artist’s music. And here’s to record No. 75, whenever it’s set to come out and whatever it may be. In the meantime, we can jam to the tunes on Bluegrass.

COUNTRY ROADS

In “All of My Memories,” Denver longed for home while out on the road. Amid a never-ending cycle of hotel rooms and long, endless highways, Denver dreams of more pastoral settings—the only place that seems fitting for the singer to be.