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About Maverick
the UK's premier
country / roots music magazine.
AAG Publishing launched Maverick, a new monthly country and roots music magazine in July 2002. The past few of years has seen a surge of interest in the UK of acoustic-based, rootsy music that encompasses country, singer/songwriter, hillbilly, gospel, western swing, bluegrass, blues, folk, boogie and Appalachia. Though this has been driven by the amazing success of the O' Brother film soundtrack, the movement can be traced further back to UK touring by such acts as Alison Krauss & Union Station, Kathy Mattea, Nanci Griffith, Hal Ketchum, Suzy Bogguss, Kevin Montgomery, Mary Chapin Carpenter, etc, all demonstrating that beneath the country mainstream surface, there is a whole groundswell of musical innovation to be enjoyed.
Maverick is breaking the mould of how country music is perceived in the UK. The emphasis is firmly on music - no linedancing, an absence of MOR pap, glitter, belly buttons and other clutter that gets in the way of the music. The focus is on today's music in the firm knowledge that all music has to continually evolve, move forwards, without ever losing sight of the roots.
There is an extensive album review section and features on performers, songwriters, musicians, etc. who are on the cutting edge. You are likely to find such diverse musical practitioners as Willie Nelson, Ryan Adams, Gram Parsons, Alan Jackson, Tony Rice, Tim McGraw, The Dixie Chicks, Jimmie Rodgers, Raul Malo, Webb Pierce, Merle Haggard, Tracy Lawrence, Lee Roy Parnell, Nickel Creek, Alana Levandoski, Beth Nielsen Chapman all sharing space in the magazine. In many ways, all of these acts have approached the music and their careers in a kind of maverick way, refusing to be tied down to the confines of how the men in suits think the music should be produced and marketed.
The writing team is led by editor Alan Cackett, who was previously the senior writer for Country Music International. Prior to that, for 20 years, he was one of the main contributors to Country Music People, authored the Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Country Music, and recently wrote the artist biographies on the BBC Radio 2 Country Music website.
The first issue of Maverick
was published in late June 2002 with a July cover date, and was initially only
available by subscription or through selected retail outfits, but due to the
excellent reception Maverick
was receiving it was decided to distribute the magazine onto the high street
and is now available from all good news agents.
In addition, subscribers are welcomed, and those who have email, are offered
the opportunity to receive regular news updates of tours, CD releases and other
relevant news items. When, and if, a major news story breaks, then that will
be emailed immediately we have it.
A shopping cart has recently been added to the Maverick website and you may subscribe or order back issues using this method.
For the latest information about Maverick Please visit www.maverick-country.com
This MySpace is maintained by
Liz Winchester
Valentina Chieco
Charles Duke, Producer
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Nov 9 2009 3:46 PM
Nov 6 2009 3:55 PM
Rún collect and arrange old folk songs written in the ancient language of Erin. So far, thanks to Nora from Donegal, they have a nice wee collection of well-known ditties and are now adding to their repertoire with some unusual old forgotten songs from the province of Ulster. Rún are five fantastic lassies who perform four-part vocal arrangements of old Gaelic songs like ’An Cailín Rua’ (the red-haired girl), ’Casadh an tSúgain’ (twisting the hayrope) and ’Bo Na Leath Adhairce’ (the one-horned cow). Rún is the Gaelic word for ’secret, wish or love’ (cf. rune). See http://www.myspace.com/runceol ..
Steven Finn’s ears were filled with the music of Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Johnny Cash and old time country music. Aged 15 he began teaching himself the guitar, learning songs like Leadbelly’s ‘Bourgeois Blues’ and Charlie Daniels’ ‘The devil went down to Georgia’. On hearing Bob Dylan songs Finn started to write his own words and in doing so found a lifelong passion for Jazz and Folk Blues, a getaway car he could drive.
See http://www.myspace.com/stevenfinn for more details
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Nov 6 2009 12:26 PM
Emma Scarr has been active on London’s live scene for approaching two decades. A proficient performer on guitar, fiddle and banjo, in recent years she has concentrated on song craft.
Chris Sarjeant has been recently described as,".a very major addition to the British Folk Scene.." by BBC Folk-musician of the year Tom McConville who added that his guitar work is "...impeccable.."
See www.folkonmonday.co.uk for details
Come along and start your week in full blooded folky mode.
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Nov 4 2009 11:20 AM
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Nov 4 2009 11:20 AM
Loved the heading "The Angels want to hear these Red Shoes" . . . great line!
All the best for the future - great mag, from Carolyn & Mark
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Nov 4 2009 11:20 AM
and we loved the heading "The Angels want to hear these Red Shoes" . . . what a great line!
best for the future - great mag; Carolyn & Mark
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