Mums and Dads and that
We all know what Philip Larkin said about parents and there’s time when, as a parent, I’ve whole heartedly agreed with him. However over the last few weeks I’ve had a chance to think on all of this a little Read More …
Author: ricky
Did That Just Happen?
Did that just happen? It’s a question we’ve asked ourselves a lot over the last ten years or so as we (metaphorically) sweep out the studio floor after a mesmerising session or interview. In Nashville this year it happened about twice Read More …
Adventures In Music City (Part One)
A few years ago I was working in Brixton, London with a young Ugandan keyboard player/producer called ‘Fingaz.’ We talked over many things and (for some still unknown reason) the subject of Country Music came up. ‘I love it,’ Read More …
The Golden Hour
It’s been interesting being in Music City for the last week or so. There’s much to tell you about our visit here, but safe to say, many people we meet are interested in our take on C2C. BBC Scotland’s close Read More …
Nashville is Still Nashville
We’re out in music city. As I write this it’s warmer here than back home and we’re glad to see the back of the snow…though a tornado warning here does give me pause for thought. On this week’s Another Country Read More …
The Backstage Blog
The title of this makes it sound much more exciting than it is. We’re bunkered up in my dressing room at The Hydro on the final night of C2C….(one of the tour managers was audibly surprised that we had one..we Read More …
Johnny and June and Klara and Johanna
Oh the bitter winds are coming in And I’m already missing the summer…. In the coldest of times it feels appropriate to anticipate two young women who know a little about waiting out the winter. Johanna and Klara Soderberg come Read More …
That Festival Thing
I probably made up my mind about music festivals a little too long ago. I’d been an inmate..sorry audience member…at a few throughout the seventies and eighties. I’d then gone to the other side of the fence as a performer. Read More …
The Real Deal
It’s a strange thing only to know things second-hand. Back in my day we used to get albums on the Pickwick label (if I remember correctly) which re recorded popular hits of the day with session singers and players. The Read More …
Sam Stone and Other Stories
I’m indebted to a listener…Jeremy, if I remember correctly…who reminded me about a new John Prine single about to emerge from a new John Prine album. I re-listened as I’d already taken notice, and I thought he was right. We Read More …