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Sounds from beyond the Shed 146 – “Back in the Jug Again”

June 14, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

The original premise of these articles was to illustrate my career in teaching whilst enduring lockdown and as the articles progressed it unfurled its brief to encompass all manner of moans, observations, nitpicking and flights of […]

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Live Review: Carter Sampson + Malcolm MacWatt, The Sun Inn, Beverley – 5th June 2024

June 14, 2024 Graeme Tait 0

Having crammed in half a dozen gigs in the last couple of weeks my own personal tour came to a close with a visit to, what for me is a new venue, The Sun Inn, nestled […]

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Sam Lee “Songdreaming”

June 14, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

An open eyed in wonder stroll through a land on the edge of being blighted. Sam Lee is without doubt one of the most important singers working in that vein of music we call folk, a […]

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Blackwater Railroad Company “Clarity” – I can see clearly now…

June 14, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

‘Clarity‘ is the upbeat new song from the slightly ominously entitled new album ‘A Lovely Place to Die’, which will be released on July 12, from Blackwater Railroad Company.  The Alaskan band is made up of […]

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Video Premiere: Electric Hero “Yesterday’s Tomorrows”

June 14, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

We’re pleased to premiere the debut single from Electric Hero, the solo project of Chris Clarke, former bassist and producer of Danny & The Champs and The Rockingbirds.  Through his former bands, Clarke’s work will be […]

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Interview: Mean Mary answers six of one and half a dozen of the other

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The banjo is a glorious instrument that can do a lot of ill in the wrong hands. It’s not easy to proudly, confidently pluck out some hot licks and really hard to play it with the […]

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Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

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Alan Gregg is a native Kiwi transplanted to North London with a spotty resumé to his credit. Not intending to be impolite, but prospective employers might be taken aback, curious as to what he has been […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

February 12, 2026 2

If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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Yet more excellent country from down under, this time in the shape of the latest single from Hayley Marsten.  It’s taken from her new album ‘Spectacular Heartbreak‘, out on 30th August.

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Morton Valence “Europa” (Bastard Recordings, 2017)

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Were it not for the declaration on the album cover that “millions of us…consider ourselves as both citizens of the UK and Europe” Morton Valence’s latest release would represent the subtlest political album you’re ever likely […]

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Grain Thief are one of the current crop of bands pushing bluegrass as a genre, looking forward and exploring new ways and new sounds.  Here is a stunning take on ‘Before the Next Teardrop Falls’, displaying […]

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