Alasdair Fotheringham

Nick Gusman and the Coyotes “Lifting Heavy Things”

December 9, 2024 Alasdair Fotheringham 2

Repackaged 1990s alt-country time travel trips have rarely felt this rewarding. It’s far easier said than done, but why does this album, the third by St. Louis outfit Nick Gusman and the Coyotes, and as fine […]

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 […]

Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music

September 21, 2026 1

If a music writer opens ten press releases this month, they’ll spot something odd. They all sound like the same person wrote them. Not because the artists share a publicist, or because there’s a house style […]

Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”

September 21, 2026 0

A cycle of Appalachian folk songs from writer and activist Si Kahn, subtitled Songs for Strong Kentucky Women The subtitle for this album is “Si Kahn’s Songs for Strong Kentucky Women”. Si Kahn is one of […]

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For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”