Keith Hargreaves

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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, […]

Tim Easton ” American Fork” (At The Helm Records, 2016)

October 17, 2016 Keith Hargreaves 0

American Fork is the latest from serial Americanarer Tim Easton and it ticks several boxes associated with the genre but somehow the sum of the parts seems to equal less than the individual components. Take track 3 […]