February 2018 – Page 18

Pick of the Political Pops: Fairport Convention “Who Knows Where The Time Goes”

February 9, 2018 Paul Villers 1

This week we have been mostly ruminating on things horological. It is, in the UK at least, one hundred years since (some) men and (some) women got the right to vote. Also we are minded that […]

Mary Chapin Carpenter announces UK dates, new album

February 9, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

The new album from Mary Chapin Carpenter (no relation to Karen or Jesus) ‘Sometimes Just The Sky’, will be released March 30th via Thirty Tigers, and features new versions of some of Carpenter’s best-known songs as well as […]

New Cash tribute album features Jayhawks, Mellencamp and others

February 9, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

Legacy Recordings have announced the release of ‘Johnny Cash: Forever Words’ – a collaborative album consisting of songs created from Johnny Cash’s unknown poetry, lyrics, and letters set to music by an array of artists on […]

Video: Nanci Griffith “Late Night Grande Hotel”

February 9, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

This week’s retro slot is from the early 1990s and features Nanci Griffith with a live stripped back version of her classic Late Night Grande Hotel, with just James Hooker on keyboards backing her. Wonderful. Have […]

Darlingside announce UK dates, new single – Listen

February 8, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

The most impressive band I saw at the AMAUK conference last week weren’t performing at the awards or the showcases (although there were some fairly impressive acts there too) – they were a quartet called Darlingside who […]