January 2025 – Page 17

Pigeon Pit “Crazy Arms”

January 16, 2025 Guy Lincoln 0

Frantic and fiery folk-punk tubthumping – with nuance. “Crazy Arms” is the 4th (or 5th) full-length release for Olympia, WA band Pigeon Pit. It is their first since coalescing as a fully-fledged 6-piece band with sights […]

Book Review: Todd Almond “Slow Train Coming: Bob Dylan’s Girl from the North Country and Broadway’s Rebirth”

January 16, 2025 Tim Martin 1

When he reviewed the London production of ‘Girl from the North Country’ in 2018 AUK’s Jonathan Aird said: “Did an all-singing all-dancing Bob Dylan show ever seem likely? Still no. Does Girl from the North Country […]

Live Review: VanWyck + Alex Lipinski + The Miller Sessions, Paper Vintage Dress, London – 19th December 2024

January 16, 2025 Brian Hancill 1

Two years and two albums after her last UK show, Dutch singer-songwriter VanWyck drove over to London via a car ferry and gave an intense and powerful performance at an oddly named venue called Paper Vintage […]

Hotel Art “Elevator Music”

January 16, 2025 Paul Russell 0

Wonderful and charming debut of latest Boo Hewerdine project. When you’ve got the honeyed vocal talents of Boo Hewerdine, it’s a shame to limit oneself to a single project. So since his debut back in 1986 […]

Pixie & The Partygrass Boys “Powder Day” – actual snow…

January 16, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

We’re pretty convinced that there’s no subtle subtext to this song, and that when Pixie sings about snow then it’s the crystallized flakes of water that are being referenced. We’re aware though of the Partygrass side […]

Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0

“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]

The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome to the Family”

July 28, 2026 0

The new release by The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio arrives with lively words of welcome. After three solo releases of his own, in 2019 Mike Jacoby teamed up with Don Read and Mike Levin to form […]

More People Really Should Know About: Hayden

July 28, 2026 0

When we say more people should know about Hayden, I’m not talking about the beloved 18th-century composer and founder of Viennese Classicism, but about Paul Hayden Desser, the Canadian singer-songwriter who has been quietly ploughing his […]

Month: January 2025

Pigeon Pit “Crazy Arms”

Book Review: Todd Almond “Slow Train Coming: Bob Dylan’s Girl from the North Country and Broadway’s Rebirth”

Live Review: VanWyck + Alex Lipinski + The Miller Sessions, Paper Vintage Dress, London – 19th December 2024

Hotel Art “Elevator Music”

Pixie & The Partygrass Boys “Powder Day” – actual snow…

Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome to the Family”

More People Really Should Know About: Hayden

Various Artists “Just Look Inside the Cover – Songs of Pete Ham”

Willie J Healey to release new EP before October tour dates