Keith Hargreaves

M.Cambridge “Sea Songs: Anatomy of a Drowning Man” (Kirkinriola Records, 2019)

October 2, 2019 Keith Hargreaves 0

This album is almost a thesis rather than an album in the conventional sense. It feels like an investigation rather than an entertainment. As well as some beautifully crafted songs there are tracks of exposition interspersed […]

Jason Tyler Burton “Kentuckian” (Independent 2019)

September 20, 2019 Keith Hargreaves 0

Kentuckian is a straight down the middle Americana roots album full of all the delights of the genre. Some stirring playing, acoustic rhythms and rhymes, some keening harmonies, strong blue-collar songwriting all topped off by Tyler […]

Karine Polwart “Karine Polwart’s Scottish Songbook” (Independent, 2019)

September 17, 2019 Keith Hargreaves 0

From the opening crystal clear repeated note pattern, this album sets about the whole notion of a covers album with a fresh and distinctive voice. This is original and stirring stuff. ‘The Whole of the Moon’ […]

Leslie Stevens “Sinner” (Thirty Tigers, 2019)

August 27, 2019 Keith Hargreaves 0

Jonathan Wilson is a hugely talented producer, as well as a solo artist in his own right, and when he produces an album the great and the good sit up and take notice (Dawes, Father John […]

Curtis Eller “A Poison Melody” (Independent, 2019)

August 8, 2019 Keith Hargreaves 1

Curtis Eller is a dynamic bandleader and banjo player who channels a great sense of vaudevillian Victorians to his idiosyncratic musical vision. Opening with ‘Radiation Poison‘, Eller sets the tone by throwing the kitchen sink at […]

artwork for Jack Browning album "Painted Skies"

Jack Browning “Painted Skies”

September 28, 2026 0

London-born singer-songwriter draws on wide Western canvas to create solid sophomore release. Jack Browning’s debut album, Red Eye Radio (2023), may have flown under the AUK radar, but Keith Hargreaves recently clocked the imminent release of […]

James McMurtry- photo credit: Mary Bruton Keating

Preview: Glasgow Americana Festival 2026, 30th September – 4th October

September 28, 2026 0

The 20th annual Glasgow Americana festival will take place at various places around the city between 30th September and 4th October with a mixture of some familiar and new faces. There will be over 50 musicians […]

Richard Thompson “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” – it’s a kind of magic

September 28, 2026 0

Best. Finest. Interesting words. The Los Angeles Times says of Richard Thompson: “The finest rock songwriter after Dylan and the best electric guitarist since Hendrix.” That was Scott Timberg, who, of course, also worked with Richard […]

Articles by Keith Hargreaves

M.Cambridge “Sea Songs: Anatomy of a Drowning Man” (Kirkinriola Records, 2019)

Jason Tyler Burton “Kentuckian” (Independent 2019)

Karine Polwart “Karine Polwart’s Scottish Songbook” (Independent, 2019)

Leslie Stevens “Sinner” (Thirty Tigers, 2019)

Curtis Eller “A Poison Melody” (Independent, 2019)

Jack Browning “Painted Skies”

Preview: Glasgow Americana Festival 2026, 30th September – 4th October

Richard Thompson “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” – it’s a kind of magic

Video: Orange Oak “wilder life” – a declaration of nervousness

Something for the weekend: Listen to the unreleased Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers track from 1978 “Parade Of Loons”