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Sure, I could climb high in a tree, or go to Skye on my holiday. I could be happy. All I really want is the excitement of first hearing The Byrds, the amazement of decades of Dylan's music, or the thrill of seeing a band like The Long Ryders live. That's not much to ask, is it?
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Decemberists will tour the UK in November

March 12, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice ! This November will see the long awaited return to these hallowed shores of, arguably, the greatest band in the world currently touring.  A strong claim, but one which you don’t really want […]

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Charley Crockett “I Wanna Cry” – Listen

March 9, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Rolling Stone have listed Charley Crockett as one of ten “artist you should know”.  And say what you like about those old hippies, this time they’ve nailed it fair and square.  Like the rest of Charley […]

Live Reviews

Knight & Spiers, Junction 2, Cambridge, 6th March 2018

March 8, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

The last gig of the City Roots Festival was, fittingly enough, the folkiest gig of the festival. Sure, there had been the likes of Sam Kelley with his mixture of new and re-arranged traditional songs, but […]

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Neko Case “Hell-On” – Listen

March 8, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

You may recall that recently we were asking what’s Laura Veirs being doing?  Well, one thing she’s been doing is recording with Neko Case for the latter’s new album ‘Hell-On’, which is out on Anti- on […]

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Wildwood Kin, Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge, 4th March 2018

March 7, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Wildwood Kin were opening this City Roots Festival gig for Ward Thomas – who would go on to give their expected high gloss pop-country set with only one real surprise to it, that it ran for […]

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Interview: Mean Mary answers six of one and half a dozen of the other

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The banjo is a glorious instrument that can do a lot of ill in the wrong hands. It’s not easy to proudly, confidently pluck out some hot licks and really hard to play it with the […]

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Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

February 17, 2026 0

Alan Gregg is a native Kiwi transplanted to North London with a spotty resumé to his credit. Not intending to be impolite, but prospective employers might be taken aback, curious as to what he has been […]

Interviews

Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

February 12, 2026 2

If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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It was with a long and rolling anecdote that we finally approached the issue that was bugging Tom Petty – the thing that was the very crux of the matter.  Seems that this time around the […]

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10 songs about truckers and trucking – Part 2

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So many good things were left out of the recent first offering that here’s a second helping of songs about truckers and trucking, including two very different takes on the same track, some thoughts about female […]

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Personally overseen by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan, Waits’ spectacular middle-period albums–released on Island Records between 1983 and 1993—have been newly remastered from the original tapes and will be reissued on vinyl and CD this autumn […]

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