Andy Davidson

"I will swim to You" A Tribute to Jason Molina album cover

Various Artists: “I Will Swim to You – A Tribute to Jason Molina”

August 22, 2025 Andy Davidson 0

Why put a new address on the same old loneliness? For those unfamiliar with the work of Jason Molina, there’s a fantastic twenty-one-minute meditative documentary from 2005 which follows the band Magnolia Electric Co. as they […]

Bennett Valuks “Made in London”

August 14, 2025 Andy Davidson 0

Nine heartfelt tracks out of Norwood. Debut album from south London alt-folk group Bennett Valuks. Ian Bennett and Benedict Valuks’ website describes them being brought together through the bustling and vibrant south London music scene and […]

Anthony Ruptak “Tourist”

July 29, 2025 Andy Davidson 0

Songs dealing with the real and the unreal… at the same time. On the track ‘Phantasmagoria’ Anthony Ruptak sings, “Well it’s a crazy goddamn hell of a mess we made/ it’s a cheap-shot, tik tok, weapon […]

Ead Wood “Cash Mountain”

July 7, 2025 Andy Davidson 0

Alt Country’s sunnier climes. Ed Soles is the guitarist for Bristol band Langkamer and “Cash Mountain” is his first solo project. On its final track, ‘Solus Soles Weekend Blues’, he laments, “I wrote this song, but […]

For the Sake of the Song: Mike Peters & The Alarm “Knocking on Heaven’s Door”

June 9, 2025 Andy Davidson 0

This was not my intended choice for this feature. Rest assured, there have been many splendid eulogies following the death of Mike Peters, and I will not even try to compete. But since the news of […]

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 […]

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