December 2019 – Page 14

Video: Sam Lee “The Moon Shines Bright”

December 11, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

Produced by Bernard Butler and with a guest vocal from Elizabeth Fraser (no, really!), this is the spellbinding new single from folkmeister Sam Lee, out now, and taken from his forthcoming album ‘Old Wow‘, out on […]

The Mining Co. “Three Kings” (PinDrop Records, 2019)

December 10, 2019 Harold Hogan 0

Irish born singer/songwriter Michael Gallagher is back with his second release of the year, the Christmas themed EP ‘Three Kings’’. We reviewed his full length album ‘Frontier’ earlier in the year, describing it as “a gently, intelligently […]

AmericanA to Z – Emmylou Harris

December 10, 2019 Viv Fish 0

As a renowned singer, songwriter and musician, Emmylou Harris will no doubt need little or no introduction. Harris is, without doubt, one of the all-time greats. Her contribution to music over the years is summed up […]

Karine Polwart, The Barbican, London, 27th November 2019

December 10, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

Karine Polwart came to The Barbican to showcase her latest album ‘Scottish Songbook’ which consists of re-imagined songs by Scottish pop artists – using the term pop quite loosely – of the last fifty years. The […]

Drew Danburry “Danburry 2003 – 2018” (Independent, 2019)

December 10, 2019 Mark Johnson 0

When a super prolific songwriter has to cull their catalogue for a career compilation, leaving most of their carefully fashioned pieces on an effective second class pile, it must irk. Drew Danburry’s task of reducing his […]

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 […]

Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”

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A cycle of Appalachian folk songs from writer and activist Si Kahn, subtitled Songs for Strong Kentucky Women The subtitle for this album is “Si Kahn’s Songs for Strong Kentucky Women”. Si Kahn is one of […]

Ad for American Beauty album 5th December 1970

For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”