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Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 97

May 17, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 2
As Spring brings new shoots, so opportunities present themselves. If you’re new to this parish, I am retiring from full-time teaching in July and am looking to do lots of the things I really want to […]
Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 95

May 10, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0
Reflections and moving on So this week the Yr11s and Yr 13s have gone on study leave as the exams jostle for position in their inevitable social calendars. The whole leaver’s parties, hoodies and associated organised […]
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Album Reviews

Henke Wermelin and His New Love “Spitting Distance”

May 4, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0
Swedish Americana with a Gothic twist that only occasionally hits the mark. Opening with the suitably dark ‘Bring Me My Shotgun’ Wermelin throws the entire kitchen and then the sink at delivering a rumbling, Crampsy rocker […]
Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 94

May 3, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0
Charity begins at home, or does it? One of the things I shall miss when I leave school is the ability to organise several people to be in one place at one time in aid of […]
Darling West Cosmos
Album Reviews

Darling West “Cosmos”

May 2, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0
Norway’s Darling West look to Rumours era Mac for new album. Opening with the title track is always a signal of intent and Norwegian band Darling West lay down the template for this album from the […]

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

Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it
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Nive Nielsen and The Deer Children “My Mother’s Name”

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David Banks “All The Dreams We Left Behind”

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Stephanie Sammons “Head Noise”

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Folk Tracks Roundup – September 2026

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Sufjan Stevens at Celebrate Brooklyn 2011
Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it

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"
Album Reviews

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"
Album Reviews

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 […]

  • 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
  • Live Review: Tessa Rose Jackson + Chloe Foy, St Pancras Old Church, London – 16th September 2026
  • James Felice announces release of second solo album in November
  • Mildred “Bird Laugh” – snow is falling
  • Video: Arborist “The Taming Of Horses” – Time is all in our minds
  • Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”
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Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

September 29, 2026 2
Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]
Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]
Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]

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Lowpines is the performing name of Oli Deakin, a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer currently based in Brooklyn, New York, but originally from Penrith at the edge of the Lake District in the UK. The name […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 141 – Travel broadens the mind …and the record collection

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Last week saw me undertaking a tour of the Somme battlefield. It’s always a humbling and often upsetting trip but I get a good deal of satisfaction taking people round these sites and helping them understand […]
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Dixie Chick Natalie Maines Responds to CMA Performance Criticism

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And they will be hating the pages and pages of publicity from this.  Billboard reports: “The Dixie Chicks’ Natalie Maines is responding to the online controversy surrounding the band’s performance with Beyonce at the CMA Awards […]

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