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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

Midway Fair “The Habit Of Fear”

October 13, 2022 Graeme Tait 0
Enjoyable album marks return after eleven year hiatus for band from Baltimore. With, ‘The Habit Of Fear’, Baltimore’s Midway Fair finally deliver their fourth album more than a full decade after their last official release, ‘The […]
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The Other Side Of Me: Graeme Tait goes back to where his musical journey really began with Genesis’s “Trick Of The Tail”

October 11, 2022 Graeme Tait 2
Everyone’s musical odyssey is unique, influenced by the times, surroundings, possibly parents, siblings, or maybe even peers. However, what we all have in common are those key moments that are pivotal to both the development and […]
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Live Review: Danny Bradley + A Different Thread, The Town Hall, Kirton In Lindsey, 30th September 2022

October 10, 2022 Graeme Tait 0
How quick the memory fades with the heatwave of the summer already feeling like a distant memory as autumn flexes its muscles treating tonight’s congregation to gale force winds and lashing rain as they arrive at […]
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Dropkick Murphys “This Machine Still Kills Fascists”

September 29, 2022 Graeme Tait 0
Amplifier’s turned off as Massachusetts rockers breathe fire into Guthrie’s lyrics, strikingly relevant for such times as these. For well over twenty years Dropkick Murphys have unapologetically delivered their brand of American Celtic Punk Rock supplying […]
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Morgan Wade “Acoustic Sessions EP”

September 11, 2022 Graeme Tait 0
Wade delivers a more intimate experience with back-to-basics EP. Hot on the heels of Morgan Wade’s phenomenally successful debut album “Reckless”, which garnered many accolades including Rolling Stone Country’s No. 1 album for 2021, comes this […]

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For The Sake Of The Song: Joni Mitchell “Woodstock”

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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: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

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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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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

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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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Book Review – Shana Goldin-Perschbacher “Queer Country”

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A view from the margins of Americana. This is a really fascinating book about a sub-genre of Americana that many of us will know little, or nothing, about. As the author acknowledges early on, many people […]
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Something for the long weekend: Willie Nelson and Lucinda Williams “Live Forever”

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Well that’s it for another week dear reader, and we leave you with news that New West Records and Pedernales Records have announced details of ‘Live Forever: A Tribute To Billy Joe Shaver’, a new 12-track […]
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The Delines return with new album “Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom”

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Americana royalty Portland-based country-soul band The Delines have announced details of a new album “Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom” due out 14th February via Decor Records. Known for their character-rich storytelling and soulful Americana sound, the band […]

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