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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 Yearlings “Skywriting” (Sonic Rendezvous, 2018)

November 28, 2018 Keith Hargreaves 1

Hailing from that mecca of Americana …..Utrecht, I give you The Yearlings with their latest, long-gestating release – 3rd album in 16years! – “Skywriting“. Not an obvious location for an album chockful of big songs that […]

Album Reviews

Jesse Matas ”Tamarock” (StoNote, 2018)

November 22, 2018 Keith Hargreaves 0

With its opening that feels like a lost track from Bill Callaghan on a song with Nicolai Dunger on the ‘Tranquil Isolation‘ sessions, the listener is immediately hooked. ‘Tamarack’ (the song concerned) is a delight that […]

Album Reviews

Nick Panken “Consequential Breach” (Independent, 2018)

November 21, 2018 Keith Hargreaves 0

Nick Panken hit these shores supporting Ian Felice on his recent jaunt through the UK and proved compelling as a lone troubadour with a simple rig featuring guitar, vocal and occasional harmonica – and this release […]

Album Reviews

J.Mascis “ElasticDays” (Sub Pop, 2018)

November 20, 2018 Keith Hargreaves 0

J.Mascis is a familiar figure from the Alt-Rock scene of the 90s and noughties who latterly has started to produce a body of solo work that stands up very nicely against his more ragged glory of […]

Album Reviews

Reverend Horton Heat “Whole New Life” (Victory Records 2018)

November 8, 2018 Keith Hargreaves 0

The good Reverend has been ploughing the furrow marked “furious rockabilly based rock ‘n’ roll” for decades now, and while this new offering is no game changer, it does carry the listener through its generous track […]

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Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

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  • Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind
  • Sean Taylor “First Light”
  • More People Really Should Know About: Pat Reedy
  • Mirah “The Ballad of The Bride of Frankenstein” are we monsters
  • Video: Kezia Gill “Gut Feeling” – when it speaks, you better listen
  • Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains
  • For The Sake Of The Song: Mary Chapin Carpenter “American Stooge”
  • Multi-award winner Sierra Ferrell to tour UK/ Europe summer 2026
  • Elles Bailey “You Can’t Take My Story Away”
  • Live Review: Will Varley + Hana Brooks, The Black Prince, Northampton – 31st January 2026
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Behind the Songs

Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

February 10, 2026 0

From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

Interviews

Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

February 9, 2026 0

Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

Interviews

Interview: Elles Bailey on collaboration, her voice, and not taking her story away

February 3, 2026 0

When one says award-winning artist about a singer, Elles Bailey would certainly fall into this category, having been named to an impressive list, including: UK Americana Live Act of the Year, UK Blues Artist of the […]

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Features

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

July 13, 2023 48

As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

Essentials

Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

July 8, 2021 37

Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

Obituaries

The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

March 12, 2020 4

I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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