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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
Columns

Sounds from beyond the shed – Week 51

March 30, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0
Believe it or not Easter Hols are coming  Thank f**k for that. Covid numbers are at an all time high, spend more lessons covering for absent colleagues or uploading work for isolating students than I do […]
Cross country mud - credit David Lowes
Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 50

March 22, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0
When does education end and humiliation begin? Every year before COVID there was one activity that the whole school took part in at the same time in the same place. It inspired love, loathing, hatred, imaginative […]
Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 49

March 15, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0
Pandemic forgotten ( ignored) school life returns to near normal.. It’s a remarkable thing the human memory, despite the devastating impact of Covid in all aspects of our lives, schools in particular felt it’s seismic grip, […]
Columns

Sounds from the Shed – Week 48: How do you explain

March 9, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0
How do you explain …. One of the things that has been thrown to the wolves in recent years with the drive towards results driven statistics is the sense of a holistic education wherein teachers use […]
Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 47

March 1, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0
First world problems revealed to be meaningless. Half term has been and gone and the frustrations encountered have been put into perspective by the cataclysmic events of the last couple of days. I was going to […]

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Preview: Rose’s Pawn Shop selling great gigs for the next couple of weeks

June 30, 2026 0
A band renowned for the power of their performances, Rose’s Pawn Shop, described by some as the hottest roots music show to come out of Los Angeles, has just announced a UK summer tour which starts […]
Album Reviews

Jonathon Penn “It Took A Long Time To Get Young”

June 30, 2026 0
Gentle indie-folk ruminations on life’s purpose and direction. This album of Jonathon Penn’s is, as signified from its title, an artistic and life-influenced bildungsroman, and presumably a cathartic way of dealing with change and discovery. Having […]
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Folk Tracks Roundup – June 2026

June 30, 2026 0
It’s the middle of the year, as I write, it’s the weekend of the solstice. A great time for a theme of Summerland and Wicker Man-inspired songs. Would we take a Blood On Satan’s Claw tribute? […]

  • Preview: Rose’s Pawn Shop selling great gigs for the next couple of weeks
  • Jonathon Penn “It Took A Long Time To Get Young”
  • Folk Tracks Roundup – June 2026
  • Video Premiere: Logan Staats “Rainwater and Whiskey”
  • “Doggone” it … Jeffrey Silverstein announces a new album
  • Jolene Marie “Sun Creek”
  • Shooter Jennings to put out second album of father Waylon’s legacy
  • For the Sake of the Song: Elles Bailey “Starling”
  • Tramp for the Lord “Seven Clouds of Joy”
  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 242 “No words this week”
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  • Mark Whitfield: Devastating Keith, do feel at times like there are no words left but of course we have to keep talking…
  • Chris McGranaghan: Excellent CD, just discovered in a drawer at the radio station. I'll be playing tracks over the next few weeks.…
  • Andy Short: It was a tough one Jerry, it is a good album but if I had to let one go, TUBORM…

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Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

June 24, 2026 1
As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]
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Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

June 18, 2026 0
Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]
Interviews

Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

June 17, 2026 0
In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]

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Everything about ‘Drowning in Plain Sight’, the latest single from The Delines, exudes a timeless kind of class.  As ever, the combination of Willy Vlautin’s  songcraft and Amy Boone’s beautiful, soulful voice works to create to […]

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