Videos
Video: Grand Drive “Tell It Like It Is”
Going back a couple of decades for this week’s retro slot and a very blonde pre-Danny & the Champions of the World Danny Wilson and the rest of Grand Drive with the rather wonderful ‘Tell It […]
Year: 2019
Album Reviews
The Schramms “Omnidirectional” (Blue Rose Records, 2019)
Dave Schramm genuinely fits that over-used expression ‘a musician’s musician’. Perhaps he’s best known as the lead guitarist on Yo La Tengo’s first releases, including their acclaimed debut album ‘Ride The Tiger’. He has since returned […]
Interviews
Interview: Monroeville
It’s a bit disconcerting for someone from this side of The Pond, to drive through The Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee and North Carolina, and all of the natural beauty that entails, to arrive in […]
Album Reviews
Lauren Bradford “Grounded in the Clouds” (Independent, 2019)
‘Grounded in the Clouds’ is the second album from Bristol, UK-based folk singer, Lauren Bradford. Previously hailing from San Francisco bay, Bradford has also lived across the UK taking in Liverpool, Leeds, London and Bath. Unsurprisingly, […]
Live Reviews
Static Roots Festival, Zentrum Altenberg, Oberhausen, Germany, 12-13th July 2019
It’s festival season for sure as hordes of music fans pack both wellies and sun cream as they head off for a weekend of unbridled fun. Be it the massive set up at Glastonbury or the […]