{"id":25972,"date":"2026-09-13T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/?p=25972"},"modified":"2026-09-12T13:33:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T12:33:51","slug":"sidetracks-detours-sunday-13th-september-2026-tapes-legitimised-on-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/2026\/09\/13\/sidetracks-detours-sunday-13th-september-2026-tapes-legitimised-on-line\/","title":{"rendered":"SIDETRACKS &amp; DETOURS: Sunday 13th September 2026, Songs Legitimised On Line + They\u00b4ve All Come To Look For Americana by Peter Pearson, + Guy Clark\u00b4s Old Number One Album Revisited reviewed by Norman Warwick +  Five Way Split Jazz preview by Jim Wade of Jazz in Reading + UK folk music news from English Expo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LIVE RECORDINGS OF THOUSANDS OF SONGS LEGITIMISED ON LINE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>as Norman Warwick dreams on<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/B113FA17-9820-4985-BD03-E1A0CE6B618C-scaled-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25974\" style=\"width:466px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/B113FA17-9820-4985-BD03-E1A0CE6B618C-scaled-1.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/B113FA17-9820-4985-BD03-E1A0CE6B618C-scaled-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/B113FA17-9820-4985-BD03-E1A0CE6B618C-scaled-1-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/B113FA17-9820-4985-BD03-E1A0CE6B618C-scaled-1-705x397.jpeg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aadam Jacobs <strong>(left)<\/strong> surreptitiously recorded his first live concert in 1984, though he doesn\u2019t remember whose concert it was. It\u2019s hard to blame him: after 40 years and over 10,000 shows, it\u2019s no wonder a few performances have fallen through the cracks. Luckily for the beneficiaries of Jacobs\u2019s labor of love, though, his life\u2019s work is finding a forever home. Thanks to nonprofit digital library Internet Archive and a collective of meticulous volunteers, each of Jacobs\u2019 recordings are being cleaned up, digitized, and uploaded for free listening&nbsp; through the Aadam Jacobs Collection. Thus far, almost 2,500 concerts have made it&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/aadamjacobs\">online<\/a>&nbsp;via the site\u2019s \u201cNo Tape Left Behind\u201d initiative, with thousands more to come.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jacobs is a bit of an antihero on the live music scene, a Robin Hood character whose impact will soon be immortalized. Though unauthorized distribution of live performances is usually strictly verboten in the industry, Jacobs\u2019 efforts have amassed a mythology all their own. The native Chicagoan\u2019s adoration for concerts has become something of a galvanizing symbol for younger fans, his refusal to charge listeners an ode to the purity of the art form. Though he ran into security roadblocks at the beginning of his efforts to record every show he attended live, he eventually became a sort of cultural institution in the city, a beloved eccentric whose dedication earned him free tickets and local acclaim.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jacobs\u2019 collection is vast. Focused primarily from the mid \u201880s to the early 2000s, the tapes track the growth of the burgeoning indie and punk rock genres through Chicago and other U.S. cities. A stroll (or, rather, a scroll) through the part of the collection already online shows that it boasts artists from H\u00fcsker D\u00fc, Camper Van Beethoven, and Fugazi to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pastemagazine.com\/music\/neko-case\/cover-story-neko-case-wont-be-tamed\">Neko Case<\/a>, Depeche Mode, and John Cale. Jacobs also recorded pivotal early-career performances by Nirvana, Sonic Youth, the Cure, and the Replacements, and more. (The Replacements loved his recording so much they actually released a mix of it in a 2023 live album.) His is the eye of a non-discriminatory music lover: Boogie Down Productions, Dinosaur Jr., and Belle and Sebastian might be seen during a single 10-second scroll of the archive. He started with a Dictaphone borrowed from his grandmother; he graduated eventually to a Walkman, and more than once his home console cassette machine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, volunteers across the United States and Europe are sharing Jacobs\u2019 gifts with the world. It\u2019s no easy task; song titles are often unclear, and the pressure to accurately document setlists from decades ago is intense. But getting to hear Liz Phair belt \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/ajc00296_liz-phair-1999-03-14\/liz+phair_1999-03-14t06.flac\">Divorce Song<\/a>\u201d at an unpublicized 1999 Lounge Ax show, R.E.M.\u2019s 1987 rendition of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/ajc02667_rem1987-11-04.aud\/rem1987-11-04.aud-t-14.flac\">I Believe<\/a>\u201d with hundreds of fans singing along, or even a snippet of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pastemagazine.com\/music\/fred-armisen\/fred-armisen-100-sound-effects-interview\">Fred Armisen<\/a>&nbsp;doing improv for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/ajc02979_fred-armisen-2012-12\">24 hours straight<\/a>&nbsp;(if that\u2019s more your vibe) makes it all feel quite worth it. And the hundreds of smaller artists catalogued by Jacobs and his volunteers are sure to keep curious listeners occupied for a long time.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"261\" height=\"193\" src=\"https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pass-it-on.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26048\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"655\" height=\"677\" src=\"https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Peter-Pearson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26049\" style=\"width:182px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Peter-Pearson.jpg 655w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Peter-Pearson-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Peter-Pearson-36x36.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>THEY\u00b4VE ALL COME TO LOOK FOR AMERICANA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>by Peter Pearson<\/strong> <strong>(right)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For all our fans of <strong>Americana music<\/strong> there is an opportunity to decide for your selves when and where Americana began. It has always been difficult to decipher the origin, perhaps because the music had existed as, or had been categorised in, other genres such as <strong>Country<\/strong>. It may be almost impossible to identify a conception-point of Americana music. I know <strong>Norman Warwick<\/strong> would make claims for <strong>Dvorak<\/strong> and his <strong>New World Symphony<\/strong>, and from what I hear he thinks his son, who lives in South Korea, believes that Americana was conceived on one of those <strong>long nights and banjo music<\/strong>. There are others who, like him, might also argue that artists like <strong>Bela Fleck<\/strong> and <strong>Ry Cooder<\/strong> &nbsp;might have been there at the birth of Americana: if not at the birth, then certainly at the baptism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u00b4m sure many of our readers are aware of the quarterly series of <strong>Songwriters And Invisible Angels<\/strong> and that our next chapter (#3) will be published in September or October. In the series I have selected twelve songwriters who have created scores of excellent songs and because Norman believes that <em>\u00b4songs are the invisible angels who comfort us with music\u00b4<\/em>, he has chosen writers who have offered him codes to live by, with <strong>John Stewart<\/strong> being Norman\u00b4s chief supplier. So chapter three pairs <strong>Kate Wolf,<\/strong> the late American singer writer, &nbsp;with <strong>Julie Matthews<\/strong>, and English folkie. country, rocky, writer of beautiful pieces like <strong>Blue Songs On A Red Guitar.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We announced in advance what our pairings would be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However,\u2026\u2026..a strange thing happened to me on the way to publication !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I researched each of my twelve choices, a name was buzzing in my head. The person had been referenced in liner note or interviews by several of my twelve disciples and he had also written some good songs and &nbsp;released a couple of albums that deserved wider response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I recently mentioned to Norm that I&#8217;m thinking of shoe-horning <strong>Malcolm Holcombe<\/strong> into my songwriter choice. &nbsp;However, I did ask Norman whether he thought it might be going too far into the realms of obscurity?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer came there none !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course,  <strong>Norm<\/strong> is very busy compiling <strong>Spotify playlists<\/strong> that he might never find the time to listen to. He is always listening to the radio as well, tuning in every week for the <strong>Bob Harris<\/strong> mix of <strong>Americana and Country<\/strong>. Norm notes all the Americana tracks and creates playlists of single and albums by all those artists. He also likes Whispering Bob\u00b4s country selections, so Norm puts those on country-dedicated playlists. He says he has over 2,000 playlists, each with 100 songs. Then he types out all the details in case he ever needs them. for reference for a book he admits he will probably never get around to writing \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadly, though, it looks like <strong>Bob Harris<\/strong> is still out for a while until he is fully recovered for treatment of cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Darius Rucker<\/strong>, (once of <strong>Hootie and Blowfish<\/strong>, much loved by <em>Friends<\/em>, you might remember) has been presenting recently in Whispering Bob\u00b4s absence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Darius is, of course, a huge solo star in America now so he might not be able to continue playing radio presenter when tours begin, or new recordings need to be recorded..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u00b4m aware that <strong>\u00a8Gambo\u00b4, Paul Gambaccini<\/strong>, is a big fan of <strong>John Stewart <\/strong>and has an encyclopaedic knowledge of all genres of music. &nbsp;and he &nbsp;has always been an excellent presenter. I\u00b4m sure he would be a great temporary stand in for Mr. Harris, though I\u00b4m not sure the BBC would consider such a circumstance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My editor has a long list of artists who will feature in <strong>Sidetracks &amp; Detours<\/strong> later in the year. and I\u00b4m delighted to &nbsp;see the name of <strong>Buddy Mondlock<\/strong> is included. This takes us back to the issue of what is Americana and when did it begin?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I mentioned earlier that Norman, at first, didn\u00b4t take to <strong>Guy Clark\u00b4s Boats To Build<\/strong> album. However, having been taken to task about his comments live on <strong>BBC Radio 2 by Wally Wyton,<\/strong> then presenting the station\u00b4s weekly country music programme, Norman issued an apology and promised to listen again. He even arranged an interview with Guy, so that he could learn more about the songwriter\u00b4s thought-process when making the album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To close that interview Norman asked Guy whether or not anyone was stepping out of the new generation of these kind of writers and who would be the most likely to emerge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guy Clarke proffered the name of <strong>Buddy Mondlock <\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These days I receive regular emails from Buddy. He released an album a couple of years ago titled <strong>Filament<\/strong>. It is quite good&nbsp; and is on Spotify, and I\u00b4m absolutely certain Norman will have built a playlist around the album ! (I have,.. it\u00b4s called <strong>Mondlock And His Buddies<\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, I don&#8217;t think Buddy &nbsp;has a record deal these days. It&#8217;s all crowd-funded. He is very popular in <em><strong>Ireland and Scotla<\/strong>nd<\/em> and makes annual visits there, usually as part of a <em>fans experience<\/em> tour where you can book to travel with him. This is similar to <strong>Tom Russell&#8217;s Folk Train<\/strong> project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadly, <strong>Buddy <\/strong>never makes it anywhere nearer than that to my own neck of the UK woods., <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"92\" height=\"92\" src=\"https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/images.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26059\" style=\"width:343px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/images.jpg 92w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/images-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/images-36x36.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 92px) 100vw, 92px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, in an interview published in the February 2026 edition of&nbsp;<em><strong>Uncut<\/strong><\/em>, <strong>Emmylou Harris<\/strong> is quoted assaying<em>, \u201cIt\u2019s because of Guy [Clark] and Townes [van Zandt] that Americana exists. They had to create another part of the playing field\u201d.<\/em>&nbsp;Those of us whose first acquaintance with Clark\u2019s debut&nbsp;<em>Old No. 1<\/em>&nbsp;came about from the relentless championing in Zigzag magazine will recognise that. It lit a path that could enable country music to reclaim its essence from the industrial machine on Music Row.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"668\" src=\"https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/NORM-1030x668.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26077\" style=\"width:339px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/NORM-1030x668.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/NORM-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/NORM-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/NORM-1536x996.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/NORM-2048x1328.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/NORM-1500x973.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/NORM-705x457.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OLD ROADS AND FREEWAYS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guy Clark\u00b4s Old Number One revisited.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>album review by Norman Warwick<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/685204929_1502517277933934_6311316839421437944_n-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26055\" style=\"width:468px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/685204929_1502517277933934_6311316839421437944_n-1.jpg 526w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/685204929_1502517277933934_6311316839421437944_n-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/685204929_1502517277933934_6311316839421437944_n-1-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/685204929_1502517277933934_6311316839421437944_n-1-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/685204929_1502517277933934_6311316839421437944_n-1-180x180.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My first acquaintance with <strong>Guy Clark\u2019s<\/strong> debut&nbsp;<em><strong>Old No. 1<\/strong><\/em>came about from the constant recommendations in magazines such as <strong>The Omaha Rainbow<\/strong>, and &nbsp;niche supporters such as <strong>Stillwater Times<\/strong>. They seemed to be &nbsp;telling me that the album down &nbsp;a path that would enable country music to reclaim its essence from the industrial machine on <strong>Music Row.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fifty years on, their spiritual children (and a couple of contemporaries) have come together to pay tribute to a record that should always be considered seminal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe there is a hint of a new zeitgeist as the <strong>Guy Clarks Old Number: re-visited<\/strong> album is released at the same time as&nbsp;<em><strong>Old No. 1 at 50: A History of Guy Clark\u2019s First Album<\/strong><\/em><em>,<\/em> a new book written by <strong>Peter Blackstock<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A 9\/10 review<\/strong> of the album on <strong>AmericanaUK<\/strong>&nbsp; website &nbsp;mentions the 100-page book features interviews by <strong>Natalie Weiner<\/strong> and was edited by <strong>Tamara Saviano<\/strong>, the author and filmmaker known for the biography and documentary&nbsp;<em><strong>Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark<\/strong><\/em><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong> The book includes interviews with people who were in the room during the making of the album, as well as the story of the <em>\u201clost\u201d<\/em> album that was recorded before&nbsp;<em>Old No. 1<\/em>&nbsp;and why it was never released. There is an accounting of the songs and the backstory, according to <strong>Guy Clark<\/strong>. Proceeds from both the album and the book will benefit the <strong>Guy Clark Family Foundation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Producer Dan Kobler gathered together a firmament of musical and singing stars at his Good Wishes studio in Nashville, and it\u2019s fair to say between them, they have produced a worthy tribute to a classic album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Margo Price<\/strong> leads the way, with&nbsp;<em><strong>Rita Ballou<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;laying out the tale of the cowboy heartbreaker against a tight backing which includes some sweet pedal steel from <strong>Russ Pahl<\/strong> and some fine backing vocals led by <strong>Logan Ledger and Nicki Bluhm<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jade Bird<\/strong> doesn\u00b4t seem an obvious choice to sing<strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em>LA Freeway<em>, <\/em><\/strong>having only recently&nbsp;made a reverse trip from Austin to <strong>Los Angeles<\/strong>. Somehow, though &nbsp;she retains the feel of Clark\u2019s original, and <strong>Eamon McLoughlin\u2019s mandolin<\/strong> shines throughout the accompaniment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A cello, played by <strong>Nat Smith<\/strong>, leads <strong>Sarah Jarosz, <\/strong>who has been on ouir office playlists ever since <strong>Peter Pearson<\/strong> mentioned her music to me three or four years ago, into&nbsp;<strong>She Ain\u2019t Going Nowhere<\/strong>. Her vocal truly captures the intimacy and the drama of the song. Jarosz also plays mandolin while harmonies are provided by <strong>Erin Rae and Ruth Moody<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next track throws in&nbsp;<strong>A Nickel For The Fiddler. <\/strong>This issung by <strong>Kelsey Waldon<\/strong>, backed by a crack band of <strong>Critter Eldridge (guitar, Sam Bush (mandolin), Christian Sedelmyer (fiddle), Smith (cello) and Dennis Crouch (bass).<\/strong> As you listen you you can easily imagine Waldon leading a dancing crowd as she rattles through the verses and chorus whilst instrumental breaks maintain the tempo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rae <\/strong>steps out front to remind us of&nbsp;<strong>That Old Time Feeling,<em> <\/em><\/strong>and perfectly captures the smoky late-night slow-dance ambience of the tune. <strong>Jarosz<\/strong> adds mandolin, with close harmonies delivered <strong>by Roseanne Cash<\/strong> and <strong>Ruth Moody<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brennen Leigh\u2019s<\/strong> own records are themselves &nbsp;a &nbsp;honky tonking dream, and her treatment of&nbsp;<strong>Texas 1947<\/strong>&nbsp;is just right for the song. You can feel the heat and humidity and picture the scene in the small town in the late 1940s as the train barrels on through. This quickly became, and still remains, my favourite train song, and I have delivered it as a performance poem at scores of poetry slams over the years, but Brennen properly puts the music back into the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Desperados Waiting For A Train&nbsp;<\/strong>is one of the few Guy Clark songs that I never quite get along with but is probably the best-known song on the record, and credit to <strong>Andrew Combs<\/strong> (ably supported by <strong>Rodney Crowell<\/strong>) for taking on what I acknowledge has become an iconic tune. It\u2019s so well-known it\u2019s hard not to hear Clark himself in your head as the story of the friendship between old and new generations unfolds. Combs and Crowell capture both the emotion and the swells of the song, and retain the cinematic quality that pervades from so many of Guy\u00b4s songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Logan Ledger<\/strong> has an autherntic country-music voice, which he wraps all around&nbsp;<strong>Like A Coat From The Cold<\/strong><em>.<\/em> Steered in by <strong>Pahl<\/strong>\u2019s pedal steel, Ledger catches a quiver in his vocal, eking the emotion from the lyric. <strong>Mickey Raphael\u2019s<\/strong> harmonica twists beautifully through the words and music; ( <strong>it\u2019s borderline perfect, say AmericanaUK)<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Instant Coffee Blues<\/strong>, is such a well told story, lending empathy to the two central characters in one of Guy\u00b4s best lyrics.&nbsp;Here, on <strong>Re-visited<\/strong> it is rendered <strong>by Aaron Lee Tasjan with Audley Freed on electric guitar, Pahl\u2019s pedal steel <\/strong>and<strong> Crouch\u2019s bass<\/strong> flowing the music through Clark\u2019s miniature of a one-night stand right up to the two parting in the morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the final song,&nbsp;<strong>Let Him Roll,<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Knoble<\/strong>r brings in author <strong>Caroline Randall Williams<\/strong> to handle the spoken-word tale of old-time characters and their lives of hard work and broken hearts. This was another song that <strong>Colin Lever<\/strong> and I, as <strong>Lendanear<\/strong>, occasionally delivered in the folk clubs around the North West Of England. Our folkie friend, <strong>Pete Benbow, <\/strong>would often play his excellent cover of <strong>LA Freeway, <\/strong>with which he introduced me to Guy\u00b4s music all those years ago. Pete\u00b4s was a faithful replica of <strong>LA &nbsp;Freeway <\/strong>but his wistful and restless vocal always made his audience aware that any road name anywhere in the world could be employed to describe the urgency of a desire to move on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here on this re-visit to <strong>Guy Clark\u00b4s Old&nbsp; Number One<\/strong>, <strong>Knobler<\/strong> and the assembled musicians and vocalists pay a fine musical tribute to a <strong>true Americana classic<\/strong> and one that rewards repeated listens.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"261\" height=\"193\" src=\"https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pass-it-on-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27283\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Jazz at Progress<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"110\" height=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/listings-jir.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/listings-jir.jpg 110w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/listings-jir-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/listings-jir-36x36.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">coming to you  by <strong>Jazz in Reading<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>JAZZ AT PROGRESS, FRIDAY, 12TH SEPTEMBER 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FIVE WAY SPLIT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>preview by JIM WADE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FIVE-WAY-SPLIT-1030x687.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27285\" style=\"width:470px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FIVE-WAY-SPLIT-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FIVE-WAY-SPLIT-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FIVE-WAY-SPLIT-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FIVE-WAY-SPLIT-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FIVE-WAY-SPLIT.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>FIVE WAY SPLIT<\/strong> (right) are <strong>Vasilis Xenopoulos <\/strong>sax|&nbsp;<strong>Quentin Collins<\/strong>&nbsp;trumpet, flugelhorn | <strong>Rob Barron<\/strong> piano |&nbsp;<strong>Matyas Hofecker&nbsp;<\/strong>bass |&nbsp;<strong>Matt<\/strong> <strong>Home <\/strong>drums <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>September is here and we start our new programme with the fantastic <strong>Five Way Split<\/strong>, featuring material from their 2026 album<strong><em> \u201cModus Operandi\u201d<\/em><\/strong><em>. <\/em>The band, together since 2020, has developed an understanding that makes a brilliant experience for jazz fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In May 2024, when the band last played at Progress, Trevor Bannister\u2019s review ended with these words:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThe band launched into a blues. It was \u2018All hands to the pumps\u2019 as the excitement mounted for the grand finale \u2013 blistering solos, high speed exchanges, dramatic top notes \u2026 still the audience called \u2018more!\u201d.<\/em> Nothing less is anticipated in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The newly released album contains original compositions from band members, alongside arrangements of tunes by Henry Mancini and Jimmy Van Heusen. Most compositions are of the rousing \u201chard bop\u201d variety, if one has to use such terms. Whatever term you use, a night of great jazz is assured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThe Blue Note formula may be very familiar as the defining template for jazz in the popular imagination, but there\u2019s not many who can deliver it with such conviction and originality. Lyrical horn soloing over harmonically rich progressions with a deep and unfailing sense of swing<\/em>\u201d. &#8211;&nbsp;Eddie Meyer, Jazzwise, May 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We look forward to welcoming you to the gig.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"261\" height=\"193\" src=\"https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pass-it-on-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27287\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"798\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/september-folk-uk-charts.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27288\" style=\"width:464px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/september-folk-uk-charts.png 798w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/september-folk-uk-charts-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/september-folk-uk-charts-768x376.png 768w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/september-folk-uk-charts-705x345.png 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New at <strong>No. 4 <\/strong>is <em><strong>Old Crow Folk Club Presents The Songs of Rev Hammer Reimagined<\/strong><\/em>, an eclectic body of work which showcases the vast back catalogue of maverick folk artist <strong>Rev Hammer<\/strong>. The album features 23 of his songs reworked by Justin Sullivan (New Model Army), Mark Chadwick (Levellers), Maddy Prior (Steeleye Span), Seth Lakeman and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arriving at <strong>No. 6<\/strong> is the debut collaboration <em><strong>Donn\/Dubh<\/strong><\/em> between multi-instrumentalist and poet <strong>Arun Sood <\/strong>and trailblazing folk singer <strong>Angeline Morrison<\/strong>. Spanning electro-folk, ambient, drone, dub and spoken word, this collection sounds at once spiritual yet earthy. Folk melodies are exploded into fragments, then reassembled anew, allowing the artists to explore their complex relationship with musical heritage, tradition, landscape and belonging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landing at <strong>No. 9<\/strong> is legendary British singer-songwriter <strong>Robyn Hitchcock\u2019s<\/strong> 25th solo album,<em><strong> The Confuser<\/strong><\/em>. These perceptive new songs traverse familiar signposts near and dear to Hitchcock\u2019s creative heart, from the significance of love to the mysteries of the cosmos, all delivered with the vivacious gusto and driven delight of an artist still with something to prove<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/manchesdter-folk-festival-1030x343.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27289\" style=\"width:465px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/manchesdter-folk-festival-1030x343.png 1030w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/manchesdter-folk-festival-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/manchesdter-folk-festival-768x256.png 768w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/manchesdter-folk-festival-705x235.png 705w, 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https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/manchester-folk-festival-2027-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/manchester-folk-festival-2027-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/manchester-folk-festival-2027-705x705.jpg 705w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/manchester-folk-festival-2027.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"1030\" src=\"https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bright-phoebus-revisited-1030x1030.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27291\" style=\"width:470px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bright-phoebus-revisited-1030x1030.png 1030w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bright-phoebus-revisited-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bright-phoebus-revisited-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bright-phoebus-revisited-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bright-phoebus-revisited-36x36.png 36w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bright-phoebus-revisited-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bright-phoebus-revisited-705x705.png 705w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bright-phoebus-revisited.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hebden-bridge.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"1030\" src=\"https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/duo-bravo-1-599x1030.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27296\" style=\"width:466px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/duo-bravo-1-599x1030.jpg 599w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/duo-bravo-1-174x300.jpg 174w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/duo-bravo-1-768x1321.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/duo-bravo-1-893x1536.jpg 893w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/duo-bravo-1-1190x2048.jpg 1190w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/duo-bravo-1-872x1500.jpg 872w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/duo-bravo-1-410x705.jpg 410w, https:\/\/aata.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/duo-bravo-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DUO BRAVO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Casa de la Cultura, Yaiza<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>18th September 8.30 pm <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alma en conciertoi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NOT TO BE 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