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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.
Live Reviews

Live Review: Lachlan Bryan + Emily Lawler, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 12th July 2024

July 19, 2024 Graeme Tait 0
It may well have been mid-July but the persistent inclement weather had a distinct autumnal feel about it as the local congregation, attired in jumpers and jackets rather than T-shirts and shorts, arrived at Lincolnshire’s premier […]
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Ned Roberts “Heavy Summer”

July 5, 2024 Graeme Tait 2
An album that sees Roberts continue to cement his place as one of this country’s finest singer/songwriters of his generation. London based Ned Roberts has gradually garnered a healthy reputation among this country’s new crop of […]
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Bonny Light Horseman “Keep Me On Your Mind / See You Free”

July 2, 2024 Graeme Tait 7
Acclaimed trio revel in imperfection to deliver a sprawling unvarnished masterpiece. The artwork for the new album from Bonny Light Horseman has a certain predestine feel about it. The original painting hangs from the wall of […]
Essentials

Essentials: The Top 10 Jackson Browne Albums

June 27, 2024 Graeme Tait 13
For what is now over six decades, the songs of Jackson Browne have become synonymous with the U.S. West Coast, in particular Los Angeles, his album’s a soundtrack for a post-war generation with a voracious appetite […]
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Natalie Spears “Hymn Of Wild Things”

June 25, 2024 Graeme Tait 0
Spears’ debut album uses the natural world to beautifully weave together the emotions of love and loss. Natalie Spears hails from the Roaring Fork Valley of Colorado, where the natural world around her offers a soundtrack […]

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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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Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]
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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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