Tracks
Folk Tracks Roundup – January 2025
And so the ever-popular Folk Roundup returns after a short pause to allow for the flood of Winter Festival Themed songs (you remember all of them). And in this return there’s a very modern folk feel […]
Month: January 2025
Columns
Sounds from beyond the Shed 171 – “The Sounds of Silence”
Regular readers will know that I have often mentioned that since quitting full-time teaching, somehow, my life has become busier. This is, for the most part, a good thing. There’s no ossification or relentless routine as […]
Tracks
Craig Finn “People Of Substance” – good to hang around with
Taking a break from his regular day job as frontman of the Hold Steady, Craig Finn is preparing his latest solo album for release on April 4th. On ‘Always Been‘ Finn has been working with Adam […]
Videos
Video: Tommy Emmanuel “Gdansk/Tall Fiddler” (Live at The Sydney Opera House)
It is such a joy to see Tommy Emmanuel work his way around the fret board in “Gdansk/Tall Fiddler”. From around halfway through, his fingers really fly and it’s utterly spellbinding. Emmanuel’s strumming pattern is delightfully […]
Interviews
Interview: Dean Owens and Don Antonio on “Spirit Ridge” an album forged via friendship, family and shared connections
AUK award-winning Scots songwriter Dean Owens teams up with Italy’s Don Antonio and finds they actually have a lot in common as they record in a 400 hundred-year-old farmhouse and enjoy some wine along the way. […]