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About Keith Hargreaves
Riding the one eyed horse into dead town the scales fell from his eyes. Music was the only true god at once profane and divine The dust blew through his mind as he considered the offering... And then he scored it out of ten and waited for the world to wake up
Album Reviews

The Mining Co. “Acoustic Phenomenology”

June 23, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0
Acoustic EP of tracks from 2021 release confirms potential but breaks no new ground Phenomenology was an album released by Irish singer songwriter Micheal Gallagher in 2021 and this is a selection of tracks that were […]
Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 60

June 21, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 2
Covid can’t stop the exam marking pile up… With Govt. regulations making self isolation a thing of the past as employers tell their employees that the ‘guidance is five days but it is only guidance’ we […]
Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 59

June 14, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0
Half term been and gone. So it came and went in a flash and left a nasty sting in the tail, but while it lasted half term was a thing of joy. Most of it spent […]
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Album Reviews

Kate Rusby “30: Happy Returns”

June 6, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0
Thirty year celebration involving… everyone! This album has a rightly celebratory feel as Rusby, a key mover and shaker in progressing folk from the confines of the beard stroking isolationists that had bedevilled the form for […]
Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 58

May 30, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0
Half term and festival time. I have dragged my sorry arse to the end of the week and cannot communicate how grateful I am for half term. This term has been full of all the usual […]

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Essentials: The Top 10 songs by The Delines

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Thin Lear “Many Disappeared”

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Angelo De Augustine “Angel In Plainclothes”

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Essentials

Essentials: The Top 10 songs by The Delines

May 14, 2026 0
Those sufficiently long in the tooth may remember Margaret Thatcher’s purported praise of senior Conservative Party politician William Whitelaw: “Every prime minister needs a Willie”. For americana enthusiasts, their Willy could well be a Vlautin, songwriter […]
Interviews

Interview: Daniel Tashian on being a reluctant band leader and the joys of songwriting collaborations

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Daniel Tashian is a legend in Nashville. He’s a deeply respected songwriter, he’s a solo artist with six albums to his name, he’s been in two superb bands, and he’s the go-to guy when you want […]
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Album Reviews

Thin Lear “Many Disappeared”

May 14, 2026 0
Thin Lear’s tales of death and loss sweetened by delectable pop melodies. New York-based Matt Longo, aka Thin Lear, grew up writing short stories, and that narrative style pervades his Many Disappeared album. Longo says he […]

  • Essentials: The Top 10 songs by The Delines
  • Interview: Daniel Tashian on being a reluctant band leader and the joys of songwriting collaborations
  • Thin Lear “Many Disappeared”
  • Live Review: Albert Lee, Union Chapel, London – 7th May 2026
  • Angelo De Augustine “Angel In Plainclothes”
  • Fruit Bats “That Goddamn Sun” – when will it be my time
  • Video Premiere: Bob Sumner “Baby I Know”
  • Behind the Songs: Thin Lear
  • Yarn “Saturday Night Sermon”
  • Live Review: Merry McCloud & Bruce Welch, The Bread and Roses, London – 3rd May 2026
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Interviews

Interview: Daniel Tashian on being a reluctant band leader and the joys of songwriting collaborations

May 14, 2026 0
Daniel Tashian is a legend in Nashville. He’s a deeply respected songwriter, he’s a solo artist with six albums to his name, he’s been in two superb bands, and he’s the go-to guy when you want […]
Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Thin Lear

May 13, 2026 0
The songs on Thin Lear’s sophomore album Many Disappeared are tied to each other not in their locale or their cast of characters, but instead in strange tragedies that have taken place, some many years ago. Current […]
Interviews

Interview: Judy Collins doesn’t look back, she looks forward

May 12, 2026 0
“My home is in New York City, on the Upper West Side,” Judy Collins said, proudly holding up a painting by her sister of cats and dogs that resembles a Monet. When I mentioned travelling up […]

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