Videos
Video: Del Barber “Just a Little Heat”
In late 2019, Del Barber was poised to capitalise on some major recognition of his work. He’d just been nominated for ‘Roots Artist of the Year’ at the Western Canadian Music Awards, as well as SOCAN […]
Year: 2021
Features
Killers and crowd-pleasing epics: Helen Jones’s Review of 2021
Sadly, still no shows for me in 2021 (an autoimmune disorder means I’m operating with an abundance of caution), but hey, at least there has been a great raft of studio albums to keep me entertained. […]
Album Reviews
Single Girl, Married Girl “Three Generations of Leaving”
A concept album with universally relatable emotions that takes a refreshingly female point of view. When Chelsey Coy was making ‘Three Generations of Leaving’ with her band Single Girl, Married Girl, she had a clear vision […]
Classic Americana Albums
Classic Americana Albums: Little Feat “Waiting For Columbus”
Received wisdom has it that John Peel had stopped playing anything but punk by 1977. Not so. In February 1978 he devoted much of one show to songs from the new Little Feat live album. Recorded […]
Album Reviews
Katie Bates “Until The Day Dies”
A curious and alluring mix of light and heavy. Melbourne based singer songwriter Katie Bates started playing in bars and clubs in her early teens and now, still at a rather tender age, that experience has […]