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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
Album Reviews

The Fugitives “No Help Coming”

June 4, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

A folk treatise on the climate emergency that sounds great too. Released in the US and Canada last year The Fugitives finally get a European release, to accompany their jaunt over here,  through Fallen Tree Records […]

News

Springsteen’s assault on both purse strings and senses continues unabated as 40th anniversary boxset to be released

May 31, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 5

Sony Music will commemorate the 40th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen’s history-making “Born In The U.S.A.” on 14th June with a special-edition release featuring new coloured vinyl and expanded packaging. Available on translucent red vinyl, the anniversary […]

Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed 144: “If you go down to the woods….”

May 31, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

It’s festival time again!  Hurrah, hooray. I’m afraid I’m a sucker for a small gathering somewhere rural where folks can come together and listen to good music and talk nonsense for hours on end whilst fuelled […]

News

Katherine Priddy announces 2025 dates as the pendulum keeps swinging upwards!

May 30, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

The brilliant Katherine Priddy is keeping the momentum going following her recent album release and tour success by booking more dates for your diaries. The highly fought-over AUK competition prize of two tickets to one of […]

News

Alberta Cross to release re-imagined “The Thief and The Heartbreaker”

May 30, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

Alberta Cross have announced plans to release a reworked version of their  2007 debut ‘’The Thief and The Heartbreaker’’ later this year featuring a wealth of musical collaborations from as yet unnamed friends (with one notable […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

Behind the Songs

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 […]

Interviews

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 […]

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Live Reviews

Hannah Aldridge + Guests, The Lexington, London, 23rd July 2018

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Hannah Aldridge has certainly put in the spade work where touring Europe in the recent past is concerned. She finished her series of UK dates in London with a live album recording before heading to Sweden […]

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Daddy Long Legs fly in for UK dates

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Brooklyn based trio Daddy Long Legs, who comprise Brian Hurd (vocals, harmonica, guitar), Murat Akturk (slide guitar), Josh Styles (drums, maraca) are undertaking tour dates from tonight in the UK and Ireland in advance of the […]

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Videos

Video: Shane Smith and the Saints “Wheels”

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Life on the road in grainy black and white, Shane Smith and the Saints release a new video for ‘Wheels’.   The band lets fans take a glimpse at life behind the scenes and the players getting […]

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