Gordon Sharpe

Classic Americana Compilations: Various Artists “Cash Covered” (Mojo, 2004)

June 22, 2020 Gordon Sharpe 3

Johnny Cash had a career that would take a very large book or two to encapsulate and this Mojo sampler from 2004 offers 15 tracks that only represent the briefest overview with a variety of disparate […]

Turkeyfoot “Promise of Tomorrow” (Independent, 2020).

June 12, 2020 Gordon Sharpe 0

Colorado based Turkeyfoot are essentially new to recording and have only an EP produced in June 2018 prior to this their first full-length offering. Researching the story of its beginnings makes you realise what the term […]

Classic Americana Albums: Gregg Allman “Laid Back” (Capricorn/Polydor, 1973)

June 1, 2020 Gordon Sharpe 6

A friend once offered me the thought that music, as with all art, could and should offer the listener the opportunity to experience the depths as well as the heights of feeling. He suggested two examples, […]

Andrew Hibbard “Andrew Hibbard” (Sofaburn Records 2020)

May 29, 2020 Gordon Sharpe 0

This self-titled offering is Andrew Hibbard’s third album, following on from ‘Foot in the Door’ from 2012 and ‘Under the Knife’ from 2015. The first was made when he was 17 so we can assume that he […]

Support Your Local Venue: The Crown Nantwich

May 26, 2020 Gordon Sharpe 0

The Crown Inn, Nantwich South Cheshire, is a black and white timbered building, grade two listed and over four centuries old. Landlord Roger Crockett was murdered in a brawl on 19 December 1572, in a case […]

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”