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In My Room: a perfect title to describe the humble songwriter’s location of necessity during the global shutdown. From their rooms they've…

We all need a harmonious new year after the dissonance of 2019, and who better to provide a message of hope and empathy than The Secret Sis…

Our final Song Of The Week of 2018 is an encore from Anderson East's album of that name, the southern soul ballad This Too Shall Last…

The wonderfully whimsical work of Loudon Wainwright III began to infiltrate my consciousness in the mid-70s during repeated listenings to…

Devotees of Paul Jones’s BBC Radio 2 show will have heard examples of the impressive work of the Liverpool-born singer-songwriter Raphael…

I’ve just finished re-reading David Hepworth’s evocative 1971: Never A Dull Moment, an homage to the year classic album followed classic…

Don’t get me wrong, I loved The Eagles, and still do. But I am far from alone in having as soft a spot for Poco. Rusty Young's band were…

We at Here Comes The Song have bombarded contributors, subscribers, readers and listeners with our Songs Of The Week by Twitter, Facebook…

Bob Dylan’s prolific songwriting was always bound to have an impact on Robbie Robertson. As the lead guitarist in Dylan’s touring band, The…

We've had many reasons to give thanks to The Unthanks over the years. The adventurous North-east folk band’s decision to interpret The Songs

In the pantheon of treasured troubadours John Hiatt is a towering presence. The veteran American singer-songwriter has been blessed with…

Shawn Colvin named her 2012 memoir after one of two songs that had persuaded her she could fulfil her ambition of becoming a successful song

It did not take this year’s Record Store Day to remind me I had a half-decent vinyl collection, bookended by the early Sixties and late…

John Prine was just 24 when his eponymous debut album was released in 1971 and critics were struck by how mature and wise the singer-song…

Disciples and critics have spent the last four decades and more trying to find the right metaphor for Lucinda Williams’ distinctive vocal…

The lonely painter who ‘lived in a box of paints’ has turned full circle. Perhaps this is the carousel of time she referred to in The Circle

No one covers Bob Dylan like the man himself, even though The Byrds, Jimi Hendrix and Richie Havens made a fair attempt. It has been the…

Johnny Cash was not alive to see the product of the legacy he had bequeathed his eldest daughter Rosanne. The List was the title of Rosanne…

Mary Chapin Carpenter’s 2016 album The Things That We Are Made Of signalled a rejuvenation – of spirit and musical excellence. And in Deep…

Regular listeners to Paul Jones's Radio 2 show will be familiar with the work of the British bluesman John Pearson. His 2012 CD, Coal in the