Album Reviews
Izaak Opatz “Extra Medium”
True tales of romantic struggling. Izaak Opatz has been meandering towards ‘Extra Medium‘ for a while – a couple of years back he had an album of mostly country covers and two remakes of songs he […]
Year: 2022
Videos
Video Premiere: The Pinkerton Raid “Sometimes, Brothers”
Check out ‘Sometimes, Brothers’, the new single from The Pinkerton Raid, the solo project of North Carolina’s Jesse James DeConto. The song begins with singer and songwriter DeConto playing alone on abandoned railway tracks, a fitting […]
Interviews
Interview: Fairport Convention’s Dave Pegg on the band’s first 55 years and the ukulele bass
He may be only the bass player but he has helped create the British folk rock genre. Fairport Convention may have defined British folk rock but their mix of traditional music with the sounds associated with […]
Features
Small Venue Heroes: Darren Hayman
Born in Essex Darren Hayman was the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist in Hefner, an indie band beloved by John Peel. Following their spilt 20 years ago Hayman has been prolific, producing around 21 albums, numerous […]
Tracks
Neal Casal + Johnny Irion “No Hard Feelings” – Lost song cleaned up and expanded
Here’s a little tribute to the art of never throwing anything away, which features a cleaned-up and expanded recording by Neal Casal that has been released as a fundraiser for the Neal Casal Music Foundation. One […]