This is a beautiful, coffee-table-sized book which is a time capsule, bottling a crucial period in rock ‘n’ roll history. Its format is its strength: a compilation of reprints, facsimiles, and archival material from Greg Shaw’s […]
Our next contestant in the Twang Factor 4 series is Steve Hewitt, a singer-songwriter hailing from Kent. Inspired by an eclectic array of artists including David Gray, Bob Dylan, Blaze Foley, Fink, Townes Van Zandt and John Legend, Hewitt has evolved into a […]
Several years after his death, Tony Joe White’s son Jody unearthed more gems from “The Real Thang” sessions and re-releases the album with 10 more unheard tracks. Forty-five years ago, Tony Joe White released an album […]
Lo-fi folk reflecting dark times for the writer. “The Beggar” had its genesis as a collection of “quite rough and raw” demo recordings, released in 2018 on Bandcamp. Robin Adams then saw how the songs evolved […]
Long a mainstay of the European americana festival scene, once again, Take Root Festival took over the six stages of the De Oosterpoort complex in Groningen, the Netherlands. The building itself is a multi-room/multi-space cultural centre […]
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