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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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Mumford & Sons return to their roots (well… a pond actually) with fourth album “RUSHMERE”

January 23, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

Mumford & Sons have announced details of their new album, “RUSHMERE”, their first since 2018’s “Delta”. It is set for release on 28th March through Island EMI Group. To coincide with this announcement, the band has […]

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Another one bites the dust… Cambridge Folk Festival postponed for a year

January 22, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

The Cambridge Folk Festival has announced the cancellation of this year’s festival with a headline statement stating that the festival would return in 2026. Simply stating “ the four-day folk and roots music festival hosted annually on […]

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Brown Horse announce highly anticipated new album and tour

January 21, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

Norfolk’s metaphysical country troubadours Brown Horse have announced details of their highly anticipated second album, “All The Right Weaknesses“, which will come out on April 4th 2025 on Loose Music. The group returned to Sickroom Studios […]

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Whisper it! Thea Gilmore’s back with a new album of covers

January 20, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 2

Having opened for Richard Hawley on his UK tour last year, Thea Gilmore has announced a run of spring shows to coincide with the release of a new album of covers. “These Quiet Friends” brings together […]

Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed 170 – Los Angeles

January 17, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

I’ve never been to Los Angeles. I’ve been to San Francisco, and it was a magical place when I visited in 2014 for my fiftieth. I wandered Haight Asbury, went to Ameoba Records, explored the Castro […]

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Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

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From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

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Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

February 9, 2026 0

Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

Interviews

Interview: Elles Bailey on collaboration, her voice, and not taking her story away

February 3, 2026 0

When one says award-winning artist about a singer, Elles Bailey would certainly fall into this category, having been named to an impressive list, including: UK Americana Live Act of the Year, UK Blues Artist of the […]

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Maya de Vitry “Odds Of Getting Even” – fighting the injustice

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This powerful song from Maya de Vitry comes from the upcoming album ‘The Only Moment‘ which is out on July 12th.  Powerful but not completely new – co-written between de Vitry and Caitlin Canty, the tune […]

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Loretta Lynn is Still Woman Enough

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Loretta Lynn’s upcoming album, her fourth on the Legacy label, is a celebration of Women in Country Music.  It’s called ‘Still Woman Enough’ and it will be out on March 19th and features as guest artists […]

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AmericanaFest, Nashville, September 10th-15th, 2019

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For Americana UK, this year’s Nashville experience ended where it pretty much started – at Robert’s Western World on Lower Broadway. Hotfoot from arriving in the city around 7pm our assembled scribes headed straight downtown to […]

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