Keith Hargreaves

Curtis Eller “A Poison Melody” (Independent, 2019)

August 8, 2019 Keith Hargreaves 1

Curtis Eller is a dynamic bandleader and banjo player who channels a great sense of vaudevillian Victorians to his idiosyncratic musical vision. Opening with ‘Radiation Poison‘, Eller sets the tone by throwing the kitchen sink at […]

Various Artists “The Rough Guide To Country Blues (Reborn and Remastered)” (World Music Network, 2019)

July 15, 2019 Keith Hargreaves 0

This is an album that does exactly what it says on the tin. The exquisite notes that accompany this comprehensive study of country blues do much to set its place within the history of popular music […]

Jamestown Revival “San Isabel” (Thirty Tigers, 2019)

June 25, 2019 Keith Hargreaves 0

This glorious album opens with the strident and harmony-drenched ‘Crazy World (Judgement Day)’, a snapshot of the album’s themes and indeed musical muscle – driving banjos, Hammond organ and stomping chords. Ostensibly an acoustic album the Jamestown Revival’s close […]

Thea Gilmore “Small World Turning” (Proper Recordings, 2019)

June 6, 2019 Keith Hargreaves 0

The first release for a couple of years ‘Small World Turning’ represents a return to the more acoustic stylings of earlier Thea Gilmore recordings. Opening with an a cappella cover of ‘Mockingbird’ that fades into the […]

Josh Ritter “Fever Breaks” (Pytheas Recordings/Thirty Tigers, 2019)

April 23, 2019 Keith Hargreaves 0

For his tenth studio album Josh Ritter has teamed up with the currently red hot Jason Isbell and his 400 Unit on production and playing duties and delivered an album that will only do all of […]