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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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Album Reviews

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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For The Sake Of The Song: Michael Martin Murphey “Geronimo’s Cadillac”

November 11, 2024 Graeme Tait 4
For those people in the know, any suggestion that Michael Martin Murphey would make a perfect candidate for our ‘More People Really Should Know About’ feature would be seen as nothing short of insulting and ignorant. […]
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Classic Clips: JD Souther “Doolin – Dalton” – The Old Grey Whistle Test, 1973

November 8, 2024 Graeme Tait 2
It is one of life’s strange conundrums in that it is only after we lose something, or more pertinently someone, that we realise their worth and impact on our own personal journey on this mortal coil. […]
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Paul Kelly “Fever Longing Still”

November 7, 2024 Graeme Tait 6
Creative fire still burns for Australia’s finest songsmith with first album release of the decade. With “Fever Longing Still”, his 29th studio album, and first solo release of self-penned songs since 2018’s “Nature”, Paul Kelly has […]
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Live Review: Amanda Rheaume + Sharon Maher, Newbald Village Hall, North Newbald, Yorkshire – 19th October 2024

October 28, 2024 Graeme Tait 0
The ‘Super-Moon’ hovered majestically above the Village Hall in North Newbald, shining its light like a beacon for tonight’s congregation made up of both locals and travellers, all full of anticipation and excitement for the pending […]

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Merritt returns with a beautifully sung meditation on love, work and the sweetness hidden in ordinary lives. After almost a decade away from releasing new albums, Tift Merritt returns with a collection of songs that feels […]
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Classic Clips: Lynyrd Skynyrd “Call Me The Breeze” – Old Grey Whistle Test, London, 1975

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Somewhere I have a cassette tape of this session, recorded from the TV using the tiny built-in audio mic on my radio cassette player; very low tech. The recording was further embellished with random sneezes from […]

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Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

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As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]
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Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

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Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]
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Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

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In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]

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