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  • [ August 3, 2026 ] Sounds from beyond the Shed 247 “Careful… Now!” Columns
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  • [ July 31, 2026 ] Jack Browning to release his long awaited second album in September News
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 247 “Careful… Now!”

August 3, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0
To twist the words of Father Ted towards current politics, I’m not thinking of madness and idiocy, or indeed the faults of the Catholic church, but the call to arms this week by the current PM. […]
Tracks

LeBarons “Running River” – when will the good time arrive?

August 3, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0
We’ve been with Lebarons since the 2018 singles leading up to their first album, their last release was Days Are Mountains some three years back, and this is their latest single.  Should we guess at a […]
Videos

Video Premiere: Bob Hillman “Interesting Friends”

August 3, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0
King of the Bees is the latest musical project from San Francisco singer-songwriter Bob Hillman. Originally, King of the Bees was envisioned as a ‘secret’ band, with mystery surrounding its members. However, it didn’t work out […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed 247 “Careful… Now!”

Columns
August 3, 2026 0

LeBarons “Running River” – when will the good time arrive?

Tracks
August 3, 2026 0

Video Premiere: Bob Hillman “Interesting Friends”

Videos
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Something for the weekend: case/lang/veirs “People Have The Power”

Tracks
July 31, 2026 0

Jack Browning to release his long awaited second album in September

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Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed 247 “Careful… Now!”

August 3, 2026 0
To twist the words of Father Ted towards current politics, I’m not thinking of madness and idiocy, or indeed the faults of the Catholic church, but the call to arms this week by the current PM. […]
Tracks

LeBarons “Running River” – when will the good time arrive?

August 3, 2026 0
We’ve been with Lebarons since the 2018 singles leading up to their first album, their last release was Days Are Mountains some three years back, and this is their latest single.  Should we guess at a […]
Videos

Video Premiere: Bob Hillman “Interesting Friends”

August 3, 2026 0
King of the Bees is the latest musical project from San Francisco singer-songwriter Bob Hillman. Originally, King of the Bees was envisioned as a ‘secret’ band, with mystery surrounding its members. However, it didn’t work out […]

  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 247 “Careful… Now!”
  • LeBarons “Running River” – when will the good time arrive?
  • Video Premiere: Bob Hillman “Interesting Friends”
  • Something for the weekend: case/lang/veirs “People Have The Power”
  • Jack Browning to release his long awaited second album in September
  • Americana Stories – Rick Bayles “The Little Shop of Hollers”
  • There’s a joyful festival to be Found in Buckingham on the August bank holiday
  • Classic Clips: Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” – Studio Recording, 1981
  • Jason McNiff “Ten Blue Songs”
  • Live Review: Maverick Festival, Easton Farm Park, Suffolk – 3rd-5th July 2026
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Interviews

Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0
American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]
Interviews

Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0
“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]
Interviews

Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward

July 24, 2026 0
End Times Elevator Music is a special record to behold. From the Link Wray fuzz guitar rumbles on opener No Alarm to the title track closer, which arrives like Ben Schneider and Brendan Urie collaborated, there […]

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Tracks

Raine Hamilton “Love Has Come For Me” – Gorgeous acceptance of the best gift

July 19, 2021 0
We’re pretty sure that we’ve mentioned before that we regard love as a good thing, on the whole.  And Winnipeg, Western Canada native Raine Hamilton’s new song ‘Love Has Come for Me‘ captures that almost shocking […]
News

New festival Black Deer In The City reveals first round of performers

June 2, 2025 0
The first wave of artists and chefs have been announced for the inaugural Black Deer In the City festival, taking place at Tobacco Dock in London on 25th and 26th October 2025 The weekend line–up will […]
Album Reviews

Modern Hinterland “The Longest Part Of The Night” (Fandango, 2020)

February 21, 2020 0
A Venn diagram of the musical genres that go to make up this thing we call Americana would be an enormous and extremely complex entity. It is such a joy that so many excellent and diverse […]

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