Keith Hargreaves

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 54

May 10, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0

God I’ve missed this…. So it happened this week. My last indoor gig was on the 19th March 2020 The Felice Brothers in Cambridge. It was small, intimate and alternately heartbreaking and raucously joyous. Everything live […]

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Tennessee Stiffs “Dearly Departed”

May 6, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0

Concept album as therapy delivers mixed results Using the therapy of a double concept album to overcome the anguish of being ripped off by a shyster management and record company that took their money and disappeared […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 53

May 4, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 1

It’s no wonder education is in a mess. This week a Govt. adviser on education and a Headteacher of a London school Katharine Birbalsingh said the following whilst giving evidence to an education committee “Just from […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 52

April 26, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0

Gone in a flash… Easter is gone and the stamp of shoes in the corridors rattles through my head once again. I count myself very lucky to have school holidays and although they are often filled […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Counting Crows “Monkey”

April 25, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0

Following Ramsay Midwood I was tempted to go the way of Glitterhouse Records and perhaps plump for a Mark Olson track. I can’t help feeling guilty about my scathing review of the gig when he played […]

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For the Sake of the Song: Lucinda Williams “Metal Firecracker”

September 28, 2026 0

There are songs that you love for the lyrics, songs that you love for the music; sometimes you get a song where both are so perfect you have a masterpiece. Lucinda Williams’ Metal Firecracker is the […]

Artwork for Ian Noe album"Canyon Falls Trailer Band"

Ian Noe “Canyon Falls Trailer Band”

September 28, 2026 1

Impressive collection of character-driven songwriting and classic country sounds. Kentuckian Ian Noe presents a diverse selection of sixteen original songs on his excellent new album, Canyon Falls Trailer Band. It’s Noe’s third release and the second […]

The Jayhawks live at the Electric Ballroom, Camden - 16th September 2026

Live Review: The Jayhawks, Electric Ballroom, Camden – 16th September 2026

September 28, 2026 1

About a decade ago, I formulated a new genre based on a particular guitar sound that would for several years be heard on Radio 2 after midnight on Friday and Saturday nights. Bob Harris Country is […]

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