January 2023 – Page 8

Book Review: Beans on Toast “The Fascinating Adventures of Little Bee”

January 25, 2023 Viv Fish 0

I suspect I am not alone in feeling that good children’s books have an air of excitement, beauty, and comfort. I believe pre and primary-school children’s books should make the reader and the listener feel fuzzy, […]

Bob Dylan “Fragments – Time Out Of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol 17”

January 25, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Landmark album remastered and the path to the recording beautifully laid out. ‘Time Out Of Mind’ is a landmark Dylan album, not only was it successful and widely lauded and heaped with awards it was also, […]

Rickie Lee Jones “Just In Time” – Happy Day

January 25, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Yes, it is the return of the Duchess of Coolsville, with a first song from her upcoming new album on the 28th of April. The album is called ‘Pieces of Treasure‘ and sees Rickie Lee Jones […]

Video Premiere: Tobias Arbo “Within”

January 25, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

Lose yourself in the new single from Tobias Arbo. ‘Within’ is a truly atmospheric song, in which Arbo’s dreamily melancholic voice floats above complex sonic layers. There’s a graceful beauty to this delicate performance. Told through the […]

Interview: Michael Cleveland on spreading his musical wings beyond traditional bluegrass

January 24, 2023 Martin Johnson 4

If you want to be one of the best bluegrass fiddle players you need to start playing at age four. Michael Cleveland is a 12-time IBMA Fiddle Player Of The Year and a Grammy Award-winner who […]

Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music

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If a music writer opens ten press releases this month, they’ll spot something odd. They all sound like the same person wrote them. Not because the artists share a publicist, or because there’s a house style […]

Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”

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A cycle of Appalachian folk songs from writer and activist Si Kahn, subtitled Songs for Strong Kentucky Women The subtitle for this album is “Si Kahn’s Songs for Strong Kentucky Women”. Si Kahn is one of […]

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For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”