November 2018 – Page 14

Interview: BJ Barham of American Aquarium

November 16, 2018 Mark Underwood 0

BJ Barham is over in the UK for a short tour, with his band American Aquarium, showcasing tunes from his latest and greatest album, ‘Things Change.’ Mark Underwood of AUK sat down to talk to him […]

Wayne Graham “Joy” (K&F Records, 2018)

November 16, 2018 MD Spenser 0

This album, which falls on the country rock side of Americana, is darn near irresistible. First things first: Wayne Graham is not a person – it’s the name of a four-piece band from Kentucky led by two […]

Pick of the Political Pops: Phil Ochs “I Ain’t Marching Anymore”

November 16, 2018 Paul Villers 0

This week saw the “celebrations” (?) or “commemorations” (?) of one hundred years since the end of the World War One. Obviously the big talking point was that Red Jez wore the wrong sort of coat […]

Book Review: Rachel Lee Rubin “Okie From Muskogee” (33 1/3 Bloomesbury Academic, 2018)

November 16, 2018 Rick Bayles 0

First things first. If you haven’t discovered the excellent 33 1/3 series of books from Bloomsbury Publishing you’re seriously missing out. This is a series of short books about popular music and it focuses on individual […]

All the Luck in the World “Tested & Tried – Listen”

November 16, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

All the luck in the World are an Irish band based in Berlin who make a modern folk-rock sound reminiscent of Bon Iver. ‘Tested & Tried‘ sounds dreamily relaxing, but there’s a grain of grit in […]