Keith Hargreaves

Tracey Nelson/Mother Earth “Poor Man’s Paradise” (Floating World, 2017)

August 17, 2017 Keith Hargreaves 0

This is a re-release of an album which was originally lost in 1973 during one of the regular record business personnel purges that take place as companies buy others out and personal grudges muddy the waters of […]

Romantica “Shadowlands” (At The Helm Records, 2017)

August 15, 2017 Keith Hargreaves 0

Opening with ‘Let The Light Go Through You’ Ben Kyle’s first release for seven years in the guise of Romantica is a wash of lush arrangement and hymnal vocals where his Irish inflexions are highlighted. There […]

Sarah Jane Scouten “When The Bloom Falls From The Rose” (Light Organ Records 2017)

August 11, 2017 Keith Hargreaves 0

Opening with the stately ‘Acre of Shells,’ this album sets its stall out from the very off, with crystal clear production illuminating each instrument and elevating the Patsy Cline like vocals to front and centre. This […]

Banditos “Visionland” (Bloodshot Records, 2017)

July 24, 2017 Keith Hargreaves 0

Bursting forth from the grooves with the dynamic opener ‘Fine, Fine Day’ this album announces its presence with brio and verve. A fantastic piece of Stooges like driving rock so breathless that the vocals appear to […]

Jeff Tweedy ” Together At Last” (DBpm 2017)

June 29, 2017 Keith Hargreaves 0

To some, Jeff Tweedy and Wilco were the people that made the noughties worth living with his and their shards of myopic observation and songs of equal delicacy and wanton destruction. ‘Together at Last’ is a […]