February 2022 – Page 28

The Other Side of Me: Jonathan Aird on the electronic genius of Jean-Michel Jarre

February 1, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

AUK continues its series looking at the musical tastes of AUK writers beyond the Americana genre. It all started with a double-album on a single cassette release of ‘Oxygene‘ and ‘Equinox‘. Here was the sound of […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 44

February 1, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0

A glimpse of times to come. Phew, January’s a bastard. It’s cold, dark, hungover from December’s increasingly desperate joyousness and in the case of school, full of people shuffling from class to class coughing, wheezing and […]

artwork for Fruit Bats album Sometimes A Cloud Is Just A Cloud: Slow Growers, Sleeper Hits and Lost Songs (2001–2021)

Fruit Bats “Sometimes A Cloud Is Just A Cloud: Slow Growers, Sleeper Hits And Lost Songs (2001–2021)”

February 1, 2022 Darren Lumbroso 0

A thoughtful 23 song collection comprising favourites and unreleased rarities Fruit Bats have been the vehicle to showcase the skills of Eric Donald Johnson for two decades, give or take the odd séjour performing as SDJ, […]

The Song Remains: Hargus “Pig” Robbins 1938 – 2022

February 1, 2022 Martin Johnson 2

Probably the greatest, and definitely the most influential, country music piano player of all time. The piano may be a ubiquitous part of the classic country sound, but this has not always been the case. In […]

The Bombadils “Losing Track Of Time” – hey come merry-dol….

February 1, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Oldest and eldest and river woman’s daughter they may not be, but Sarah Frank and Luke Fraser were inspired by Tolkien’s Bombadil and Goldberry when choosing a name for their folk duo. Their folk is also […]