Graeme Tait

artwork for Parker Twomey album "All This Life"

Parker Twomey “All This Life”

August 2, 2022 Graeme Tait 0

New generation of Texan singer songwriter delivers debut album that suggests promise for the future. Parker Twomey is a graduate of the Booker T Washington School for the Performing Arts who, in 2019, at just eighteen […]

artwork for Matt James album "Breaking The Fall"

Matt James “Breaking The Fall”

July 21, 2022 Graeme Tait 0

Former indie rock drummer stays close to roots with first solo offering. Matt James first made his name in the mid nineties as the drummer with the indie rock band Gene, where, championed by the likes […]

artwork for Carlisle album "Peculiar Missouri".

Willi Carlisle “Peculiar, Missouri”

July 5, 2022 Graeme Tait 0

Carlisle challenges country’s macho image with stunning sophomore offering. Growing up in the rural, small town life of the American Midwest, in Kansas and Illinois, Carlisle’s world was full of juxtapositions. Captain of his football team […]

Classic Americana Albums: Mickey Newbury “Frisco Mabel Joy”

June 29, 2022 Graeme Tait 3

“He was my hero and still is. I learned more about songwriting from him than any other writer”. An eye catching quote and an accolade that any songwriter would be proud to be the recipient of, […]

Live Review: Madison Violet, Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 10th June 2022

June 20, 2022 Graeme Tait 0

Madison Violet arrived for their first visit to Lincolnshire’s premier Americana venue, the Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey, right in the middle of their current UK tour which had started at the Shetland Festival and will […]