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About Graeme Tait
Hi. I'm Graeme, a child of the sixties, eldest of three, born into a Forces family. Keen guitar player since my teens, (amateur level only), I have a wide, eclectic taste in music and an album collection that exceeds 5.000. Currently reside in the beautiful city of Lincoln.
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Essentials: The Top 10 David Olney Songs

December 12, 2024 Graeme Tait 10
It was the late great Townes Van Zandt who said “Anytime anyone asks me who my favourite music writers are, I say Mozart, Lightning Hopkins, Bob Dylan and David Olney…. David Olney is one of the […]
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Live Reviews

Live Review: Blair Dunlop + Rob Nicklas, Newbald Village Hall, North Newbald, Yorkshire – 22nd November 2024

December 9, 2024 Graeme Tait 2
The Village  Hall, at North Newbald, in East Yorkshire is fast becoming one of my favourite venues, despite the 90 minute journey from home, as it consistently delivers some of the best live music on offer […]
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Live Reviews

Live Review: The Hanging Stars + Sid Griffin, Ropery Hall, Barton-Upon-Humber – 15th November 2024

November 26, 2024 Graeme Tait 0
On the last count, the population of Barton-Upon-Humber, nestled on the south side of the Humber estuary was approximately 12,000, but when it comes to live music this small North Lincolnshire Town punches well above its […]
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AUK’s Monthly EP’s Round-Up – November 2024

November 25, 2024 Graeme Tait 2
Well, we might still be over four weeks until the big day, but by the bumper size of this months EP’s goody bag you would be forgiven for thinking that Christmas had come early. So without […]
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Laura Marling “Patterns In Repeat”

November 12, 2024 Graeme Tait 0
Marling’s eighth studio album is a deceptively simplistic offering that permeates a sense of contentment throughout. Laura Marling began work on “Pattern In Repeat”, shortly after the birth of her daughter, and first child, back in […]

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The Woodstock festival held in 1969 at Yasgur’s farm, Bethel, New York, is one of those truly emblematic moments in the history of contemporary music, and indeed in the birth of americana. And of course it’s […]
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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

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David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

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