There’s no-one like Eliza Carthy, what a singer and musician and what an innovative reshaper of traditional songs. Is it fair to say the reigning queen of English folk? Yeah, why not. Celebrating thirty years […]
It would be easy to characterize ‘The Shuffle Man‘ as tuneful and catchy insanity – what can one make in a rational world of the opening lyrics “I sit out the window / I sit […]
This is the title track from Al Rose’s latest album, the eighth by the singer-songwriter from Chicago. It’s a musing on a continuing attempt to a be a better person, with an equally continuous faltering […]
So, the editor was berating me – “what about the new single from Bonny Light Horseman? How come it isn’t scheduled?” To which, quite naturally I replied “Bonny Light Horseman? The greatest psychedelic-tinged folk-rock band […]
‘The Journey‘ tells a story of coming together and then….staying together. Pretty novel in an Americana world of constant break-ups and lost loves. The slightly funky roots rocker tells of the merits of two people […]
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