Keith Hargreaves

Justin Currie “This Is My Kingdom Now” (Endless Shipwreck 2017)

June 5, 2017 Keith Hargreaves 0

Justin Currie has ploughed a pretty deep furrow since disbanding Del Amitri and with the exception of a reunion tour a couple of years ago he enjoys a small but very dedicated fanbase which lap up […]

Conor Oberst “Salutations” (Nonesuch Records, 2017)

April 27, 2017 Keith Hargreaves 0

The lengthy follow up to last year’s acid confessional ‘Ruminations’ is an expanded version of that self-same album but with added band, tracks and dareonesayit self-acceptance. The bitter starkness has been replaced and perhaps displaced by an […]

Mark Eitzel “Hey, Mr FerryMan” (Decor Records 2017)

March 21, 2017 Keith Hargreaves 0

Eitzel is an arresting cove. A lounge room crooner with impeccable Americana credentials and instincts. Beyond that an entertaining, erudite man with much to say and a lot to share. This album marks a massive up […]

Ryan Adams “Prisoner” (Virgin/EMI 2017)

March 20, 2017 Keith Hargreaves 1

A comeback, break up album – what could be better for the record buying Americana fan? Ryan Adams, the quintessential wounded troubadour, back ‘on form’ with a searing examination of a highly personal life event. Surely this […]

Little Diamonds “New Orleans Bound” (Independent, 2016)

March 8, 2017 Keith Hargreaves 0

Essentially a John Prine/Early Dylan channeller, New Orleans Bound offers up 45 minutes of undiluted classic guitar, singer and occasional colour of harmonica, drum, bass or string. As an exercise in nailing a sound – lonesome […]