Keith Hargreaves

Martin Stephenson and the Daintees “Gladsome, Humour & Blue 30” (Barbaraville Records 2018)

October 16, 2018 Keith Hargreaves 0

Revisiting old glories is a tricky business. We all know of tracks re-recorded that fail to match treasured originals or albums where a revisitation of a classic is the loss leader for some rum stuff, so […]

Adam’s House Cat “Town Burned Down” (ATO Records 2018)

October 11, 2018 Keith Hargreaves 0

‘Any ful kno’ that the Drive by Truckers were founded in 1996 by Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley but 9 years before that came Adam’s House Cat, founded in a dank basement in Florence, Alabama. The […]

Glorietta “Glorietta” (Nine Mile Records, 2018)

October 10, 2018 Keith Hargreaves 0

There is more than a hint of The Golden Smog about the debut album from Glorietta. This is a collection of diverse songs recorded over a week in a ‘ramshackle rental’ outside Santa Fe. Gathered together by […]

Eoin Glackin “Fires Of Innocence” (Independent 2018)

September 20, 2018 Keith Hargreaves 0

Dublin born and raised Eoin Glackin has delivered an album of brash charm which zips along at a fair old pace, full of earworms and some lovely melodies. Opening with the guitar driven ‘High King Falls’ followed […]

Zack Logan “Raised by Wolves” (Independent, 2018)

September 19, 2018 Keith Hargreaves 0

Zack Logan comes from a long tradition of American singer songwriters mining a seam of blue collar, working man’s hopes and dreams. Opening with the subtle finger-picked delight ‘Annalee’ with its gorgeous string backing is reminiscent […]