Rick

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I'm not sure the USA has ever been our closest allies. The 'special relationship' only goes one way and, under the current administration, the UK is an exploitable asset for the U.S.
The UK, and Europe in general, need to start distancing themselves from the U.S.

View From Across La Manche The Anniversary Waltz

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View From Across La Manche New Sensation

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View From Across La Manche Watcher of the Skies

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View From Across La Manche Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology)

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My latest column for Americana UK.

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View From Across La Manche The Heat Is On

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Vox Continental: June 2025 We have a couple of new single releases and a look at some of the Bluegrass festivals coming up in mainland Europe. First up, a new single from German band Lambs & Wolves. Originally based in t…

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View From Across La Manche Thank You For The Music

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View From Across La Manche With a Little Help From My Friends

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I'm a British writer, living in the Northern Dordogne in France and writing about politics, life in France and music.
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View From Across La Manche Life Is A Minestrone

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View From Across La Manche Land of Hope & Dreams

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View From Across La Manche Dedicated Follower of Fashion

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Vox Continental – a new feature from Rick Bayles launches today! Following on from our recent ‘Continental Shift’ series of features on americana music in continental Europe, we’re launching a new monthly column, Vox Continental. This column is designed to be a …

Today see's the launch of my new monthly column for Americana UK.
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View From Across La Manche Garden Party

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View From Across La Manche Are Friend's Electric?

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More People Really Should Know About: Sweet Talk In March of last year (2024), my phone pinged signalling a message. It was from a good friend of mine, who spends part of his year living in Australia, and it was a video clip, from the Byron Bay B…

Here's an article I recently wrote about a great new Australian band.
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Continental Shift 5. Italy Alt. Country is alive and well and sunning itself in Italy. If you’re going to write about americana music in Italy the logical place to start is with Stefano ‘Stiv’ Cantarelli and his …

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A nice view from our balcony to start the new year. Happy New Year to all - here's hoping for more sunny days ahead.

View From Across La Manche Take Me To Church

Here's my latest blog in my View From Across La Manche series. I'm a British writer now living in France. My blog reflects my interests in France, politics and music.
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Beautiful sky in S.W France last night.

Continental Shift: 3. France Home territory for me and the enigma that is France. On paper, France should be a major territory for americana. Americana is often spoken about as being a continuation of the Troubadour tradition …

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I just can't resist a great sunset.

Continental Shift:  2. Finland The second of our European countries and we’re heading north, to a place with more than 180,000 lakes! When I told Americana UK colleague, Martin Johnson, that I was working on this series he…

My latest article for Americana UK.
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Continental Shift:  2. Finland The second of our European countries and we’re heading north, to a place with more than 180,000 lakes! When I told Americana UK colleague, Martin Johnson, that I was working on this series he…

My latest article for Americana UK.
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View From Across La Manche The Times They Are A Changin'

I write a regular blog on Substack, giving my thoughts on politics, life as a Brit living in France, and the music I'm listening to. If you think you might be interested, here's a link to my latest post in my 'View From Across La Manche' blog.
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I have a minor obsession with shots of the sunset around our home in SW France. I may post some from time to time.

No idea who said it but I like "Don't get it right, get it writ".