December 2025 – Page 26

Live Review: Amy Speace + Rachel Sage, Green Note, Camden, London – 28th November 2025

December 3, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Amy Speace opened her set at the Green Note in Camden, as she had thirteen months earlier at the Slaughtered Lamb, telling the audience she had just flown in and was a tad frazzled. Not that […]

Kim Moberg “I’ll Always Be A Friend” – don’tcha know you… umm… gotta pal

December 3, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Her last album, 2023’s “The Seven Fires Prophecy: A Suite for Humanity”, was a favourite, so it’s a true pleasure to have new music from Cape Cod, MA-based Indigenous folk singer-songwriter Kim Moberg. On “All That […]

Video: The Sky Chiefs “House Full Of Company”

December 3, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

Check out the brilliant new single from The Sky Chiefs, the musical project of Virginia-based artists Stephen McCarthy (of The Jayhawks and The Long Ryders) and Kevin Pittman. ‘House Full of Company’ is full of upbeat […]

Interview: Dan Bern has still got his fastball, and a change-up

December 2, 2025 Dean Nardi 1

In the smart and lively songs of Dan Bern, nuances are at work like honeybees in a hive. A busy swarm of subtleties generates a nucleus of narrative honeycomb that has more layers than an archaeologist’s […]

Behind the Songs: Dillon Warnek “As the Neighbors Tried to Sleep”

December 2, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

Dillon Warnek’s “As the Neighbors Tried to Sleep” is a sharp and dizzying collection of songs about everything and anything. “Rolling Stone” raved that his debut album “Now That It’s All Over”, was full of “wry character […]

Video Interview: Alex Amen on “Sun Of Amen” as he comes of age as a songwriter

July 21, 2026 0

Alex Amen is making waves as one of the new breed of songwriters to keep a very close eye on. Born in Texas, he has lived in communes on the West Coast, formed and played in […]

Artwork for Sailing Sones album "Slow Magic"

Sailing Stones “Slow Magic”

July 21, 2026 0

Absorbing collection of songs that subtly reveal the quiet joys of motherhood. The first sound that emerges from the new Sailing Stones album, Slow Magic, is the metronomic rhythm of a baby’s heartbeat with its gentle […]

More People Really Should Know About: Travis Shallow

July 21, 2026 0

If you’ve ever found yourself searching for music that offers comfort without pretending life is easy, then you should know Travis Shallow. He writes songs that acknowledge the darkness but never surrender to it, and he […]

Month: December 2025

Live Review: Amy Speace + Rachel Sage, Green Note, Camden, London – 28th November 2025

Kim Moberg “I’ll Always Be A Friend” – don’tcha know you… umm… gotta pal

Video: The Sky Chiefs “House Full Of Company”

Interview: Dan Bern has still got his fastball, and a change-up

Behind the Songs: Dillon Warnek “As the Neighbors Tried to Sleep”

Video Interview: Alex Amen on “Sun Of Amen” as he comes of age as a songwriter

Sailing Stones “Slow Magic”

More People Really Should Know About: Travis Shallow

Live Review: Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons + Red Hash + Ella Spencer, Water Rats, London – 8th July 2026

Martin Carthy “Along the Road Forever – Live at the BBC”