November 2016 – Page 5

Anna Elizabeth Laube “Tree” (Ahh…..Pockets! Records, 2016)

November 24, 2016 Rudie Hayes 0

The title track, an entry in a song writing competition to highlight the effects of pine beetle epidemic in Iowa City, the 4th album in AEL’s discography and an opening track with a sad weepy […]

Andy Irvine: Baldock and Letchworth Blues, Folk and Roots Club, Baldock – 19th October 2016

November 24, 2016 Jonathan Aird 0

Perched precariously on a collapsible stage barely large enough for his four bouzoukis, bag of harmonicas and himself – Andy Irvine looks surprisingly comfortable. This in spite of the perils experienced by those sat in the […]

Video: Phobophobes “Human Baby”

November 24, 2016 Jeremy Searle 0

Opening with a poem by the band’s late guitarist George Bedford Russell read by Will Self this is gloriously strange.

Joe Purdy “Who Will Be Next?” (Bread and Butter Music, 2016)

November 23, 2016 Jonathan Aird 0

Neil Young, around the time of his Living With War, bemoaned the absence of other, and younger, protest singers. This was never really true, the difference was the level of media attention such artists could attract – […]

Neil Young latest archives out Friday

November 23, 2016 Mark Whitfield 0

Although you may need to hot foot it over to the States for a copy – best go before the end of the year if you’re not white Caucasian. Uncut reports: “Neil Young will reissue a fresh […]

Mary Gauthier “Reckoning”

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One of our finest songwriters delivers an album for our times with consummate clarity and lyrical daring. Mary Gauthier was something of a late starter, delivering her first album when she was in her late thirties […]

Sylvie finally make a full length debut which arrives in November

September 22, 2026 1

Sylvie, the project of Los Angeles artist Ben Schwab, has announced their forthcoming album, New Season, available November 6th, 2026, via Ghostly International. Rina (feat. Alex Amen) is the single out now. Reflecting on a passing […]

Features

More People Really Should Know About: Carey Ott

September 22, 2026 0

Carey Ott is nothing if not prolific. He hails from Chicago, and he’s a multi-instrumentalist, a producer and engineer and a performer. He’s released seven albums to date as well as numerous singles. In my music […]

Month: November 2016