Andy Davidson

Americana One Two Three… (er, Eleven)

September 5, 2023 Andy Davidson 0

And then way beyond… as Andy Davidson picks up the implied challenge and heads from eleven to twenty, making choices in a slightly different way, but these are all prime picks and the Count would approve, […]

Chris Carrapetta “Nothing Left to Lose”

August 4, 2023 Andy Davidson 0

A fair bit of Introspection. Still lots of love required. ‘Nothing Left to Lose’ is Australian Chris Carrapetta’s second album. He says: “The songs that I wrote for this album are mostly about what was happening […]

The First Time: Stiff Little Fingers, Dundee University Students Union – 30th October 1982

July 25, 2023 Andy Davidson 0

Suspect (Memory) Device. Forty Years on. As the deadline for this post approached the old memory would not oblige. I can remember bits. Travelling to Smokey’s Nightclub in Arbroath to catch the Associates. Alan Rankine’s father […]

Seven Dark Lords “Ghost in Here”

July 25, 2023 Andy Davidson 0

There’s no sin in trying. At first, the name of this band conjured up an image of a wayward metal group offering up their album to Kerrang but Seven Dark Lords describe themselves as a new […]

Isabel Rumble “Bird Be Brave”

July 4, 2023 Andy Davidson 0

Charming folk on a regional setting. The debut album from one of Australia’s newest songwriters, ‘Bird Be Brave’ was recorded with Tasmanian producer Luke Plumb. Rumble’s songwriting often cleverly connects human intimacy with elements of the […]

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

September 21, 2026 2

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 […]

Ad for American Beauty album 5th December 1970

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