February 2023 – Page 28

The First Time: Andy Raw – The Clash, Derby King’s Hall, 24th November 1978

February 7, 2023 Andrew Raw 0

Seeing The Clash for the first time and for my first gig was a fantastic experience; the most exciting event I have ever been to. I had been into glam-rock at primary school in the early […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 84

February 7, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 1

Stay focused and keep on keeping on. Following last week’s heady announcement of a change in circumstances in July things have returned to normal with a bump as the first set of reports and parent’s evenings […]

Simon Rowe Album art for Everybody's Thinking

Simon Rowe “Everybody’s Thinking”

February 7, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

Mojave 3 alumni returns with shimmering, hazy debut. Gently starting with an instrumental called ‘Croxted Crows’, this album slowly unfolds as a sweetly pastoral, gentle, psychedelic delight. There are minor chords and delicate harmonies, phased effects […]

Peter Case “Downtown Nowhere’s Blues” – street life observed

February 7, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Peter Case has a storied career, from punk to acoustic rock and all points in-between. There’s an appreciation of the man here if you need to catch up. Today’s song has a rollicking piano accompaniment which […]

Video Premiere: Paula Boggs Band “Ponies”

February 7, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

Some songs deliver infectious joy and this is one of those songs. Paula Boggs Band’s ‘Ponies’ is upbeat, foot-tapping, urgent and immensely likeable from start to finish. Boggs’ bright strum is insistent alongside the irresistible fiddle. […]