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Video Premiere: Brian Mackey “Saturday Night Sleeping”

September 1, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

The best music is used to channel and convey the full range of emotions and the nature of the human experience. Songs that are truly effective have an impact on the listener that lingers, a lasting […]

Watch Jason Isbell cover the Stones’ “Gimme Shelter”

August 31, 2021 Mark Whitfield 1

Our favourite Alabama country-rocker Jason Isbell (as he describes himself on Twitter: “friend to children, the vaccinated, and those with certain underlying medical conditions”) performed a cover of The Rolling Stones’ 1969 classic ‘Gimme Shelter’ over […]

A Night to Remember: Orange Juice, The Go-Betweens, The Marine Girls, Lyceum Theatre, London, 1983

August 31, 2021 David Cowling 0

Thinking about memorable gigs for this piece, there were a couple that I considered; Bitch Magnet in Birmingham (probably Edward’s No. 8) that damaged my hearing for good or Buffalo Tom in the same city and […]

Eden Prairie “Give Up The Ghost”

August 31, 2021 Alan Fitter 0

Second album from Finnish band Eden Prairie reflects the country’s long, dark winters. There can’t be many bands that have been formed by an ex-legal aid for death-row convicts turned musician and if there are any, […]

Joe Troop “Mercy For Migrants”

August 31, 2021 Cam Fraser 0

Joe Troop releases ‘Mercy for Migrants‘, another powerfully poignant track from his forthcoming album, ‘Borrowed Time‘. As well as Troop’s rich, powerful vocal and plaintive fiddle, the track features the fabulous husband and wife banjo virtuosos, […]