Keith Hargreaves

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 101

June 23, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 3

Your listening treat is here! Some lovely feedback about last week’s show on CRMK (Tuesdays 7-9pm) and the Mixcloud linked below. Many thanks. Some of you had issues with the playback on the link returning to […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 100

June 16, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 8

Embrace the change – a weekend listen. So here it is, as retirement from full-time teaching approaches as change to the format for this column. As a good friend pointed out ‘ Hang on, now instead […]

Justin Rutledge “Something Easy”

June 15, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

Smooth, smooth sounds of summer? Opening with the lines ‘I was an angry young man’ this album attempts to wrongfoot listeners with its sentiments whilst delivering a shimmering, melodic, slowly building ballad tinged with melancholy. By […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 99

June 7, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

Refreshed by a festival. Ready for the final push. So back to school with A levels and GCSE’s in full swing and the gallop towards the final furlong begins. Leavers events, mountains of reports, exam panics, […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 98

May 24, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

Always have a plan. I am forever telling my daughters and the students in school that if you have nothing else… have a plan. Be it simply how to get out of meeting someone you don’t […]

Sufjan Stevens at Celebrate Brooklyn 2011

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Sufjan Stevens

September 30, 2026 0

The Americana UK archives are not exactly rammed with Sufjan Stevens content. Andrew Frolish selected the sublime John Wayne Gacy, Jr. for his Chain Gang feature in 2022 (here). Otherwise, there are a few ‘guest appearance’ […]

Artwork for Nive Nielsen and The Deer Children's album "My Mother's Name"

Nive Nielsen and The Deer Children “My Mother’s Name”

September 30, 2026 0

Wandering songwriter returns with first album in a decade: lessons in melodic self-definition ensue. “I don’t plan, and I don’t plan to stop”. The opening line to the first and title track of My Mother’s Name […]

Cover art for David Banks album "All The Dreams We Left Behind"

David Banks “All The Dreams We Left Behind”

September 30, 2026 0

Former Whybirds guitarist and co-writer delivers a sophomore album replete with anthemic songs infused with arena rock. It is now over seven years since David Banks released his debut album, Until The End, which saw the […]

Articles by Keith Hargreaves

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 101

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 100

Justin Rutledge “Something Easy”

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 99

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 98

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Sufjan Stevens

Nive Nielsen and The Deer Children “My Mother’s Name”

David Banks “All The Dreams We Left Behind”

Stephanie Sammons “Head Noise”

Folk Tracks Roundup – September 2026