Keith Hargreaves

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Classic Clips: Crosby and Nash “The Lee Shore” BBC concert, 1970

September 9, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 2

A summer sailing song in the company of a stoned captain and a slightly patronising northern mc with the voice of an angel. There can be fewer songs so evocative in conjuring up the sense of […]

Will Hoge “Wings On My Shoes”

September 8, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0

Hoge returns with a strong set of songs forged in lockdown but full of widescreen stories. Will Hoge’s twenty year career has been an extended essay of blue collar country with rocky tones and this new […]

Classic Americana Albums: Cory Hanson “Pale Horse Rider”

August 17, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 2

The dictionary definitions of classic is either “judged over a period of time to be of the highest quality and outstanding of its kind” or “very typical of its kind”. The former definition requires time, for […]

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StevieRay Latham “The Hinterland EP”

August 11, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0

A gorgeous excursion into classic Americana. All the boxes are ticked by this beguiling and atmospheric EP from Stevie Ray Latham which opens with the parched ‘Let Me Inside’, an excellent introduction to his acoustic melancholia. […]

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Mary Scholz “Begin Again”

August 10, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0

If this is the beginning again, it’s a very good place to start. Philadelphia native Scholz has a big voice and the production that Jonathan Wilson brings to the album wraps that voice in some stunning […]