2024 – Page 49 – Americana UK

Something for the weekend: Pete Seeger “We Shall Overcome”

November 8, 2024 Mark Whitfield 1

Well what can you say about this week which hasn’t already been said? It sounds bleak to acknowledge it but the world feels like it’s on the precipice of some really dark times. Of course for […]

Paperback Riders: Raymond Carver

November 8, 2024 Tim Martin 2

When our editor expressed a fondness for Raymond Carver some time ago, I added him to my list of subjects for investigation. Interviewing Willy Vlautin earlier this year his name came up just as I’d started […]

Classic Clips: JD Souther “Doolin – Dalton” – The Old Grey Whistle Test, 1973

November 8, 2024 Graeme Tait 2

It is one of life’s strange conundrums in that it is only after we lose something, or more pertinently someone, that we realise their worth and impact on our own personal journey on this mortal coil. […]

Sounds from beyonds the Shed 162 “Health and Safety”

November 8, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 2

Life is increasingly complex but usually manageable despite the occasional barrier, because as sentient beings we should have a vague grasp on what is reasonable and what poses a risk to our continued existence. Or at […]

State Of The Union “Paper Tigers”

November 8, 2024 Peter Churchill 0

Playful folk from a well-established duo. Paper Tigers is the fourth album from State Of The Union (Boo Hewerdine and Brooks Williams). With well-established solo careers to pursue and with them living at opposite ends of […]