News
Suzanne Vega breaks decade of silence
Well, not actually silent for a decade, but rather it has been that long, and more, since the last album of new material and that overlong wait for a new album is over. Well, not actually […]
Year: 2025
Album Reviews
Jason Isbell “Foxes In The Snow”
First solo acoustic record sees the americana legend in transition. As one of what appears to have been a small number of people who found Jason Isbell’s previous album, “Weathervanes” a bit underwhelming, being asked to […]
News
Tom Waits performs in Italian documentary about US homelessness
Created by the Italian public television channel RAI3, ‘The Human Factor’ is a series of eight 46-minute investigative journalism episodes that reveal how human rights are violated by authoritarian regimes, autocracies or even within democratic nations, where […]
Live Reviews
Live Review: Iris DeMent + Ana Egge, Union Chapel, London – 28th February 2025
Do we need to enumerate the ways Iris DeMent is so marvellous? She possesses a voice which is never forgotten once you hear it, akin to that of Stevie Nicks, Dolly Parton or Lucinda Williams. At […]
Previews
Pete Bruntnell back on the road with a new single and lots of dates
AUK favourite, album of the year winner and all round nice guy Peter Bruntnell has released a new video ahead of his upcoming UK tour dates. The Byrds-y sounding ‘No Place Like Home‘ is the third […]