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About Keith Hargreaves
Riding the one eyed horse into dead town the scales fell from his eyes. Music was the only true god at once profane and divine The dust blew through his mind as he considered the offering... And then he scored it out of ten and waited for the world to wake up
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Preview: Jerry Joseph brings his solo “Panther Tracks” to the UK

October 3, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
Acclaimed US songwriter Jerry Joseph returns to the UK this month for a string of live solo dates, with the recently released Jerry Joseph & the Jackmormons album “Panther Tracks Vol 1” under his belt. Live […]
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A black day as Black Deer cancels In The City

October 3, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 2
New venture at Tobacco Dock cancels following sluggish ticket sales. Black Deer in the City has been pulled by Black Deer in an announcement made on social media.  This follows a sustained media campaign, which included […]
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Avett you didn’t see this one coming…

October 2, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
The mighty Avett Brothers have joined forces with Mike Patton for a new album performing as AVTT/PTTN, and the new album will also be called “AVTT/PTTN”, and it’s due out on November 14th via Thirty Tigers, […]
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Ron Sexsmith takes his Hangover on tour in 2026

September 30, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
Ron Sexsmith, who has just released the new album, “Hangover Terrace“, will tour the UK and Ireland in 2026 with his band (Don Kerr on drums, who has toured with him since 1987, and Jason Mercer […]
Cowboy Junkies
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More Acoustic Junk on the way from the Cowboy Junkies

September 29, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
Cowboy Junkies have announced the release of “More Acoustic Junk” on October 24 via Cooking Vinyl. An expanded reissue of their stellar “Acoustic Junk” (2009) record, this album features five new acoustic recordings alongside five tracks […]

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Something for the weekend: Chicago “Just You ‘N’ Me”

June 26, 2026 2
Well that’s it from us for this week. It’s PAYDAY for many people and if you’re dreamimg of a future when you can actually go out the of house without a wall of unbearable heat hitting […]
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Tift Merritt “Sugar”

June 26, 2026 0
Merritt returns with a beautifully sung meditation on love, work and the sweetness hidden in ordinary lives. After almost a decade away from releasing new albums, Tift Merritt returns with a collection of songs that feels […]
Lynyrd Skynyrd on OGWT 1975
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Classic Clips: Lynyrd Skynyrd “Call Me The Breeze” – Old Grey Whistle Test, London, 1975

June 26, 2026 0
Somewhere I have a cassette tape of this session, recorded from the TV using the tiny built-in audio mic on my radio cassette player; very low tech. The recording was further embellished with random sneezes from […]

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Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

June 24, 2026 1
As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]
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Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

June 18, 2026 0
Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]
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Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

June 17, 2026 0
In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]

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Alysia Kraft “Cold Mountain” – heading for the sunny uplands…

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Alysia Kraft’s new single ‘Cold Mountain‘ reflects on struggles she has been through and was, she says, written “in a moment of fully feeling how brutal and beautiful life can be all at once.” ‘Cold Mountain‘ […]
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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It – Steve Earle

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In 1974, aged 20, Earle hitchhiked to Nashville to find one of his favourite songwriters, Guy Clark. Earle managed to blag a role in Clark’s band as a bassist and played on his 1975 album “Old […]
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Mavis Staples “All In It Together” – Listen

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‘We’re all in this together” is a strap line that lost a little impact when it turned out that austerity was more for the poor than the rich, time will tell how true it is in […]

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