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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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Black Deer Festival announces next tranche of artists for this summer’s big bash

March 8, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

Black Deer is back again this year in June with the already avian-related headliner Sheryl Crow and now they have announced some more names including a UK festival exclusive headline act in the form of guitar […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed 135 “Showtime”

March 8, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

Everything else is on hold this week as the production I have been directing arrives to sold out Houses at the local theatre. One hundred and eighty-five seats for five nights – sold out! That’s a […]

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Interview: Joe Pernice on the forthcoming Pernice Brothers album “Who Will You Believe”

March 7, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

Joe Pernice has been writing for a long time—most of his life, in fact—and has crafted a remarkable catalogue that often reinterprets and recasts classic American pop. “Who Will You Believe” may be his most moving […]

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Billy Bragg comes to the rescue with three HOPE not hate gigs – Thank your God!

March 4, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

Billy Bragg, who last year celebrated a remarkable 40 years as Britain’s favourite folk singer, songwriter and campaigner, will play some shows in support of the anti-fascist group HOPE not hate, who are themselves celebrating 20 […]

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Fanny Lumsden and the Prawn Stars – Less a Carry On gag, more of a UK tour to support the new album

March 1, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

Fanny Lumsden burst onto the UK scene with a live debut on the Avalon Stage at Glastonbury last summer and now she’s heading full steam into a UK and Ireland tour which kicks off next month […]

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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

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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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Philip Larkin’s poem ‘Days’ opens with the question: “What are Days for?” Being presented with an album of instrumental tracks might prompt a similar, ostensibly ingenuous question, such as, ‘What are instrumentals for’? In the case […]

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Stunning collection by major new singer-songwriter. Flo Perlin is a singer songwriter whose star is rising steeply. She has previously released an EP ‘Stories’ and a full album, ‘Cocooned’, but with her latest release, ‘Characters‘, she […]

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Rome-born but London-based singer-songwriter Emma Tricca is celebrating the release of her latest album “Prisms Of Winter” with a series of dates in the UK and Ireland early 2026. “Prisms Of Winter” involved reimagining earlier songs […]

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