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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

Jackalope Tales “Let Me Tell You a Story” (Independent, 2017)

February 20, 2017 Keith Hargreaves 0
‘Let Me Tell You a Story’ is the second full-length album from the Sheffield based folk trio Jackalope Tales. It is comprised of three previously released EPs plus a couple of bonus tracks, the band mainly performing […]
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James McArthur and The Head Gardeners “Burnt Moth” (Moorland Records, 2016)

January 10, 2017 Keith Hargreaves 0
“Burnt Moth” is the second album from James McArthur, former drummer for Paul Weller’s touring band. It follows his well received “Strange Readings from the Weather Station”. And it is more of the same. This is a […]
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Pilote “Libero” (Micro Spiral, 2016)

January 9, 2017 Keith Hargreaves 0
Producer Stuart Cullen is Pilote and this is his 7th album of self penned ditties and tasteful covers all filtered through a folky country prism with plenty of waltztime melodies as well as banjos, harmoniums, fiddles […]
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Various Guises “Tide Take Him” (Independent, 2016)

January 6, 2017 Keith Hargreaves 0
Various Guises are modern folkies – a duo featuring Blanche Ellis and Maya McCourt. ‘Tide Take Him Out’ is their debut EP. A short glimpse into a world of gothic flecked acapella suffused with sparse instrumentation. […]
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Rainbrother “Tales From The Drought” (General Bird, 2017)

January 4, 2017 Keith Hargreaves 2
Opening with a joyful and instantly memorable piano motif on the track Riverside, ‘Tales from the Drought’ announces its intentions from the get go. Bjarke Bendtsen performing as Rainbrother has produced an album of delightful melodies, […]

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