It’s day two of our Black Deer week and if ever there was a band made for the British festival summer, it’s The Orange Circus Band. As if to reinforce those festival credentials, the video for […]
Another song from the late and much lamented Dr John (one of the few of whom it can be truly said “there’ll never be another one like him”), taken from the last studio album he completed […]
The scene is a small theatre by a large lake in the southwestern suburbs of Amsterdam. A local singer-songwriter is playing her new album with a three-piece band. The album has been well reviewed – 10 […]
Last time on Chain Gang, Alasdair Fotheringham left us with “Forgotten Coast” by the excellent James McMurtry. “Forgotten Coast” was a standout track on 2015’s “Complicated Game”, which was succeeded last year by McMurtry’s most recent […]
Album of covers from talented guitar folkie. In 2018 Jason McNiff relocated to Hastings where he quickly established his folk ‘Sundowner’ events, regular sessions hosted by the man featuring a range of guest acts. As Covid […]
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