January 2017 – Page 5

Margo Price @Celtic Connections with Aaron Lee Tasjan – Oran Mor, Glasgow: 24th January 2017

January 26, 2017 Paul Kerr 1

Bold as brass, Margo Price commanded centre stage on her Scottish debut. Wearing a figure hugging mini dress seemingly made from the same material as the ruby red slippers in Wizard of Oz, fishnet tights and […]

Dave Luke & Chuck Micallef “Shardows and Light” (Independent, 2017)

January 26, 2017 Owen Gillham 0

The question of authenticity is something of a bother from time to time – particularly when it comes to music. That age old, folk club-endorsed argument of whether it’s okay for an Englishman to affect an […]

Bill Kirchen and Austin de Lone announces new album, UK dates

January 26, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Bill Kirchen and Austin de Lone have teamed up for their joint new album “Transatlantica” which comes out on 3rd March, uniting the pioneers of two major musical movements after decades of playing together – reggae […]

Video: The Washington Squares “Everybody Knows”

January 26, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

A retro moment from the late lamented Washington Squares, whose Tom Goodkind has put together a new album, Monsters of Folk, covering their 1983-1985 recordings, which is out now.

RS: Why it’s time for country stars to speak up about Trump

January 25, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Really good piece in Rolling Stone today in the spirit of their best activism. As they point out in an era of “alternative facts” and alarming rhetoric, three chords and the truth is more important than […]

Track Premiere: Gary Marks “Where We Started”

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On his new song, Gary Marks turns his songwriter vision on recent events in his homeland, starting from an unprecedented riot in Washington to the, perhaps, surprising eventual fallout from that event. As Marks explains: “I […]

Video: Prinz Grizzley “A Mountain to Be Tamed (The Struggling)” – There’s a devil in me waiting

September 22, 2026 0

Here’s the absorbing new single from Prinz Grizzley, also known as singer-songwriter Chris Comper. A Mountain to Be Tamed (The Struggling) has sparse beginnings, but the musical tension builds dramatically as Comper delivers an incredibly intense […]

Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music

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If a music writer opens ten press releases this month, they’ll spot something odd. They all sound like the same person wrote them. Not because the artists share a publicist, or because there’s a house style […]

Month: January 2017