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Tift Merritt – new album, new tour
The truly wonderful Tift Merritt returns in 2017 with a new album – Stitch of the World – and glories of glories she’s bringing it to the UK for a short tour. Kicking off with an […]
Articles by Jonathan Aird
Album Reviews
The Blue Aeroplanes “Welcome Stranger !” (Independent, 2017)
The Blue Aeroplanes return with their most stable line-up to date to proffer up a collection of agitprop poetry set to jangly indie rock. Lead singer, poet and founder member Gerard Langley remains unimpressed by the […]
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Shirley Collins – Lodestar live at The Barbican
If someone had said just a few years ago that 2016 would see a new album from Shirley Collins, with a live performance of the same in 2017 then there would have been few who’d have […]
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King Creosote – big band bound for Barbican
On January 22nd (that’s a Sunday folks!) Kenny Anderson (aka King Creosote) will present an expanded performance of music from his new album, Astronaut Meets Appleman. It’s already been hailed as a career highlight and sees […]
Album Reviews
David Simard “The Heavy Wait” (Independent, 2016)
The second full length alum by Vancouverian David Simard is a dark toned thing. Mordant meditations on love to a funereal accompaniment are the grist that fills David Simard’s mill. So much so that when he […]