Graeme Tait

artwork for Saltwater Hank album "Gal üünx wil lu Holtga Liimi"

Saltwater Hank “Gal’ üünx wil lu Holtga Liimi” – An Album of Indigenous Resistance

August 2, 2023 Graeme Tait 0

Where the traditional voice of the ‘Ts’msyen language’ meets the traditional sound of Nashville Country. Saltwater Hank is the nom de plum of songwriter, fiddle player, and guitarist Jeremy Pahl, a member of the Gitk’a’ata Ts’msyen […]

Wren Hinds “Don’t Die In The Bundu”

July 26, 2023 Graeme Tait 0

The warm soft winds of Hinds’ African homeland embrace this first offering for Bella Union. ‘Don’t Die In The Bundu’ is the fourth official album release from Wren Hinds who hails from the southeast coast of […]

The Black Feathers, live, (THL) Festival, 16/7/23

Live Review: The (THL) Festival, Kirton in Lindsey, North Lincolnshire – 16th July 2023

July 24, 2023 Graeme Tait 2

The lyrics, “Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun, if the sun don’t come you get a tan from standing in the English rain,” by some small band from Liverpool with an uncanny understanding […]

artwork for Laura Cantrell album "Just Like A Rose"

Live Review: Laura Cantrell + Doug Levitt, The Metronome, Nottingham – 4th July, 2023

July 12, 2023 Graeme Tait 6

Tonight’s much anticipated concert by Laura Cantrell had created such a demand for tickets that the fantastic people at ‘Cosmic American Music’ who are responsible for putting on much of the best live music in the […]

Live Preview: The (THL) Festival, Klassic Park, Kirton – 16th July 2023

July 6, 2023 Graeme Tait 2

Sunday 16th July sees the return of The (THL) Festival, a one-day music event held at The Klassic Park at Kirton in Lindsey in North Lincolnshire which last year saw such Americana luminaries as Hannah Aldridge […]