Darren Lumbroso

Essentials: The Top 10 Iris DeMent Songs

August 14, 2025 Darren Lumbroso 8

Iris Luella DeMent was born in Arkansas in 1961, the youngest of 14 children in a Pentecostal family. Her cotton farming parents were both musical. Her father, Pat, was a fiddle player who performed at dances, […]

Classic Clips: Pete Gow “Leonard’s Bar” – Playground Theatre, London, 10th April 2022

August 1, 2025 Darren Lumbroso 1

‘Leonard’s Bar’ is the centrepiece of Pete Gow’s 2022 album ‘Leo’, which took shape during the first lockdown of the 2020 pandemic. This resulted in Gow being unable to collaborate with his band in the studio, […]

The Swell Season “Forward”

August 1, 2025 Darren Lumbroso 0

After a 16-year hiatus, the folk duo return with an introspective, heartfelt, and nostalgic album. The Swell Season was formed by Glen Hansard, an Irish singer-songwriter and frontman of The Frames, and Markéta Irglová, a Czech […]

Ty Segall “Possession”

July 15, 2025 Darren Lumbroso 0

Genre-blending album that trades in Segall’s signature garage rock for strings, horns and lush arrangements. “Possession” is Ty Segall’s 17th album in 17 years. It represents an evolution from his previous records, which tended to feature […]

Live Review: Peggy Seeger, The Haymarket, Basingstoke – 5th June 2025

June 13, 2025 Darren Lumbroso 0

Peggy Seeger is a veritable force of nature; there can’t be many 89-year-olds who would set off on an 18-date tour of the UK and Ireland. The undertaking is billed as a “Final Farewell and 90th […]