Alasdair Fotheringham

The First Time: Alasdair Fotheringham – The Alarm + Kissing Bandits + Mercenary Skank (Exeter University, 24th January 1984)

June 30, 2023 Alasdair Fotheringham 2

Warning to all The Alarm fans so they can stop reading this now – I didn’t enjoy their part of this gig at all. But weird as it sounds, no matter how disappointing (to me) the […]

James And The Giants “James And The Giants”

June 29, 2023 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

20 years and counting into his career, free folk veteran James Toth keeps on raising his game. “Eyes don’t ever sparkle and the moon is never blue And no one ever cried a river. Hearts are […]

Dan Tyminski “God Fearing Heathen”

June 12, 2023 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

A homecoming album for a bluegrass master at the peak of his and his band’s powers. For some music fans, Dan Tyminski is instantly associated with his global EDM smash hit collaboration ‘Hey Brother’ with Avicii […]

Interview: Rodney Crowell discusses new album “The Chicago Sessions”

May 26, 2023 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

Chicago blues, John Prine, Jeff Tweedy and loving Guy Clark enough to safely hate him. He may be seventy-two but that doesn’t mean Rodney Crowell has stopped developing as an artist. His latest album, ‘The Chicago […]

Classic Clips: Sarah Jarosz plays James McMurtry’s ‘Childish Things’, April 2021

April 28, 2023 Alasdair Fotheringham 2

The most abbreviated form of this accompanying text for Sarah Jarosz’ take on James McMurtry’s ‘Childish Things’ would be “this is an outstanding version of an outstanding song, so stop reading and start listening now”. But […]