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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
Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed 175 “Compare and Contrast”

March 7, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
So last week’s column discussed where to stand or sit at a gig and my personal preferences. Since writing that article I have seen Chuck Prophet twice, playing virtually the same set in very different venues. […]
News

Curation Records unveil their new signing Silver Synthetic

March 6, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
“Rosalie’, out on the 25th of April is their first album for the label. Curation has proudly announced that the cosmic charm of New Orleans’s Silver Synthetic & their second album “Rosalie” will be arriving on […]
News

Tom Waits performs in Italian documentary about US homelessness

March 5, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 4
Created by the Italian public television channel RAI3, ‘The Human Factor’ is a series of eight 46-minute investigative journalism episodes that reveal how human rights are violated by authoritarian regimes, autocracies or even within democratic nations, where […]
Previews

Pete Bruntnell back on the road with a new single and lots of dates

March 5, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
AUK favourite, album of the year winner and all round nice guy Peter Bruntnell has released a new video ahead of his upcoming UK tour dates. The Byrds-y sounding ‘No Place Like Home‘ is the third […]
Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed 174 – “A Point of View”

February 28, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 4
As I write this week’s column, I can feel the excitement beginning to well up inside. I’m going to a gig tonight. It often seems incredible to me that after 45 years of regular gig attendance, […]

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“Doggone” it … Jeffrey Silverstein announces a new album

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Cover art for Jolene Marie album "Sun Creek"

Jolene Marie “Sun Creek”

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Waylon Jennings

Shooter Jennings to put out second album of father Waylon’s legacy

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For the Sake of the Song: Elles Bailey “Starling”

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Tramp for the Lord “Seven Clouds of Joy”

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“Doggone” it … Jeffrey Silverstein announces a new album

June 29, 2026 0
Jeffrey Silverstein has announced Doggone, his new album, is set for release on 23rd October via UK label Full Time Hobby. Meeting at the intersection of the loner-folk, cosmic country, and kraut-laden choogle, Silverstein is a […]
Cover art for Jolene Marie album "Sun Creek"
Album Reviews

Jolene Marie “Sun Creek”

June 29, 2026 0
Calgary singer-songwriter delivers ten vignettes that explore the intertwining of desire and despair on this excellent debut album. Jolene Marie is not an artist comfortable in the spotlight. With a generally private and reserved persona, she […]
Waylon Jennings
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Shooter Jennings to put out second album of father Waylon’s legacy

June 29, 2026 0
Shooter Jennings has announced the release of Diamonds, a new album of previously unheard songs by his father, Waylon Jennings. Physical copies (CDs, LPs, Cassettes) and downloads of Diamonds will be in stores on 13th November […]

  • “Doggone” it … Jeffrey Silverstein announces a new album
  • Jolene Marie “Sun Creek”
  • Shooter Jennings to put out second album of father Waylon’s legacy
  • For the Sake of the Song: Elles Bailey “Starling”
  • Tramp for the Lord “Seven Clouds of Joy”
  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 242 “No words this week”
  • Track Premiere: The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome To The Family”
  • Video: Brian Fallon – “Ring of Fire/Folsom Prison Blues” (Johnny Cash)
  • Something for the weekend: Chicago “Just You ‘N’ Me”
  • Tift Merritt “Sugar”
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  • Mark Whitfield: Devastating Keith, do feel at times like there are no words left but of course we have to keep talking…
  • Chris McGranaghan: Excellent CD, just discovered in a drawer at the radio station. I'll be playing tracks over the next few weeks.…
  • Andy Short: It was a tough one Jerry, it is a good album but if I had to let one go, TUBORM…

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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 […]
Interviews

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 […]
Interviews

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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Album Reviews

Anton O’Donnell and the Clydes “Where Art Thou April”

August 27, 2021 0
AUK’s Twang Factor winner returns with fleshed-out sound. Anton O’Donnell won the inaugural AUK Twang Factor competition which gave him the opportunity to record this set which is worth listening to as an example of what […]
Album Reviews

Natalie Jane Hill “Solely”

November 16, 2021 0
Natalie Jane Hill moves into a rarefied folk echelon, and more than justifies her place there. On her second album Natalie Jane Hill provides an eloquent statement of what “less is more” really means, bringing her […]
Tracks

Dean Summerwind “Parked By The Lake” – Listen

December 2, 2019 0
We’re hoping we’re not too late to the punchline on this one, but this song by Dean Summerwind (not his real name) is getting some interest because it takes a song by Dustin Christensen (that is […]

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