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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.
Chris While & Julie Matthews live at The Nettleham Village Hall, Nettleham, Lincoln - 4th October 2024
Live Reviews

Live Review: Chris While and Julie Matthews, The Nettleham Village Hall, Nettleham Lincoln – 4th October 2024

October 16, 2024 Graeme Tait 2
Andy Watkins has been promoting folk music in and around Lincoln for close on fifty years and in recent times has found the perfect venue in the Nettleham Village Hall where, along with the support of […]
The Often Herd live at The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey - 27th September 2024
Live Reviews

Live Review: The Often Herd, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 27th September 2024

October 10, 2024 Graeme Tait 2
Tonight, Lincolnshire’s premier venue for all things Americana, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey was playing host to an award winning Bluegrass band all the way from… Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Yes, you read right as The Often Herd, […]
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More People Really Should Know About: Plumhall

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After having chosen to focus on two artists from across the other side of the Atlantic for my previous contributions to this feature I thought this time round I would keep things a little closer to […]
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The Song Remains: Kris Kristofferson (1936 – 2024)

September 30, 2024 Graeme Tait 4
“Looking back, I’m surprised I had the nerve to do it, but I’m glad I did. Performing the songs and performing in film was just part of my personality, just like football and boxing at one […]
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Nick Lowe “Indoor Safari”

September 27, 2024 Graeme Tait 2
First new album in over a decade delivers just two new songs, plus two covers, with the remaining tracks comprising of reimagined previous releases. Having all but abandoned the idea of releasing any more albums, due […]

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Award-winning Toronto singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell has announced her upcoming new album Shadow Child, an album about motherhood whose nine songs each represent a month of gestation, will be released May 8th via Outside Music. Lapell has […]
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A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]
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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

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Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
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While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

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