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Blushh “What Am I Doing With My Life” – Listen

May 27, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

She started a joke… in 2015 Shab Ferdowsi thought it’d be funny to knock some songs together so that she could busk in Ireland. Galway didn’t turn out to be the financial promised land, but things […]

Zaac Pick “Ladder to the Sun” – Listen

May 27, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

On ‘Ladder to the Sun‘ Zaac Pick addresses the drifting away of friendships as people grow up and find that those guys that used to be such fun are actually not as interesting as was once […]

Plasi “Remember” – Listen

May 26, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

‘Remember‘ is as soothing a balm of a song as you’re likely to hear in many days, and comes from the half-Swedish half-Greek singer Plasi. It’s taken from his new EP ‘Where I Belong‘ which will […]

Siv Jakobsen “Anywhere Else” – Listen

May 22, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

‘Anywhere Else‘ has Siv Jakobsen analysing her anxieties – not the little ones that can nag every few minutes or so through a day but the really big ones that can be overwhelming enough to restrict […]

Steve Forbert “Early Morning Rain” (Blue Rose Music, 2020)

May 22, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

In more than forty years of recording Steve Forbert has released a phenomenal number of truly fine albums, appearing at first with a brash new take on folk-rock on ‘Alive on Arrival‘ and ‘Jackrabbit Slim‘, and […]

Something for the long weekend: Dolly Parton “Here I Am”

August 28, 2026 2

Well that’s it from us for this week, and what a sad week it’s been for not just the americana and country communities but for, well human decency. Plaudits can be cloying when someone moves on […]

Chris Murphy “Songs From the Trees”

August 28, 2026 0

A strong storytelling album, highlighted by good songs, exemplary playing and a fascinating soundscape. Chris Murphy was born into an Irish-Italian family in New York, growing up surrounded by a wide range of traditional music such […]

Classic Clips: Poco “High And Dry” – The Midnight Special, 1975

August 28, 2026 3

On January 24, 1975, Poco appeared on The Midnight Special, the popular late-night musical variety show that ran during the 1970’s. One of the six songs they performed that evening was High and Dry, an energetic […]

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