Columns
Sounds from beyond the Shed 173 – “Promotion”
Not as you’d expect perhaps a discussion of the merits or otherwise of joining the Premier League and the pitfalls that that can have for a team – as a Leicester City supporter I know only […]
Year: 2025
Album Reviews
Reissue: Stephen Simmons “Drink Ring Jesus”
Unspun Heroes vinyl record label exhumes a fascinating early release by worthy Tennessee troubadour. “Drink Ring Jesus” is the second album, released in 2006, by Nashville-based Tennessean Stephen Simmons. On its 19th anniversary, it is being […]
Tracks
Sam Robbins “Piles Of Sand” – my name is Ozymandias…
With his third album ‘So Much I Still Don’t See‘ being prepared for release, Sam Robbins is teasing a second from it by releasing the opening track today. The sounds of ‘Piles of Sand‘ are built […]
Videos
Video: Annie Dressner “For The Thrill Of It” (feat. Kathryn Williams)
Here’s the latest release from New York singer-songwriter Annie Dressner, now settled in Cambridge, here in the UK. “For The Thrill Of It” is full of questions about how you live your life, seemingly mundane ideas […]
Essentials
Essentials: A ten song americana trip through California
The Golden State is one of the geographical pillars of country and roots music giving rise to the Bakersfield sound, acid folk, country rock, the Paisley underground and much more. In 2023, the Country Music Hall of […]