September 2021 – Page 31

AUK’s Chain Gang: Eddie Vedder & Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan “The Long Road”

September 6, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Last week’s link in the chain was from Shawn Colvin – who is a musical collaborator par excellence, having worked with the likes of Mary Chapin Carpenter and Steve Earle, as well as providing backing vocals […]

Pokey LaFarge “In The Blossom Of Their Shade”

September 6, 2021 Tim Martin 1

A few good songs, a bit of humour, but mostly an album of misses not hits. The good news is that Poky Lafarge’s new album starts with his excellent summer single ‘Get It ‘Fore It’s Gone’. […]

Benya Stewart “My Ohio”

September 6, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

‘My Ohio‘ is taken from Benya Stewart’s new EP ‘Headway’, which has just been released. The Athens Ohio singer-songwriter acknowledges inspiration and influence from the poetry and finger styles of Nick Drake, James Taylor, Fionn Regan […]

Video: Steve Welner “Unprotected”

September 6, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

Steve Welner’s voice sounds as vulnerable as the dispossessed characters that populate his narrative songs, reinforcing the emotional pull and purpose of his writing. It’s particularly evident in his latest video, ‘Unprotected’, which begins with an […]

Something for the weekend: “Ae Fond Kiss” from the soundtrack to “Our Ladies”

September 3, 2021 Mark Whitfield 6

Well that’s it for us for another week dear reader. We’re off to the Moseley Folk Fest to hopefully avoid a briefly forecast thunderstorm and enjoy the pleasures of The Waterboys, Passenger and Emily Barker among […]