August 2023 – Page 25

Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening “Clogstravaganza” – folk stomp

August 9, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Regular readers will know that we like to feature an Instrumental Track on a Wednesday afternoon if we have something suitable, and that’s something we certainly have today. The name Kathryn Tickell should be a familiar […]

Birds of Play “Bird Songs of the American West”

August 9, 2023 Tim Martin 0

The traditional string band updated for the 21st century, with contemplative words over a magical blend of instruments. Birds of Play call themselves “an Americana Roots quartet based in the San Juan Mountains of Southwestern Colorado”. […]

Live Review: Barbara Manning + Gerard Love, Glad Café, Glasgow – 30th July 2023

August 9, 2023 Paul Kerr 0

It was no surprise really that this last date of Barbara Manning’s first solo tour of the UK was sold out, given that tickets for the majority of her previous shows had been rarer than hens’ […]

The Burrito Brothers “Together”

August 9, 2023 Martin Johnson 4

We may not be in the Gilded Palace of Sin but it is country rock with a ‘70s vibe. This is potentially a difficult album to review objectively because of the simple fact that ‘Together’ is […]

Junior Sisk “I’m Chasing Old Memories Down” – with a whiskey chaser, of course

August 9, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

It is surely time for a little classic Bluegrass hard luck bad times drowning your sorrows in a honky-tonk song. And here’s a perfect example of that genre with Junior Sisk reminiscing over the love that […]