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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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The Children’s Hour “Going Home”

February 12, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

Twenty-one years late, a second showing from lo-fi collective. Josephine Foster, Andy Bar and Dave Pajo conjure up some lo-fi sounds in the latest release from Drag City, a label that can be trusted to deliver […]

Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed 131 – “A conundrum”

February 9, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 2

So you have a choice. Which way do you jump? Avid gig goer as I am, I am occasionally thinking about things too much and this is one of those occasions so I thought I would […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed 130 – “The wheels on the bus”

February 2, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

Thirty-five years ago I drove my first school bus. This may come as no surprise to regular readers of this column but to some it may be a surprise that their favourite columnist/radio host/retired school teacher […]

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The Roseline “Keystone of the Heart”

January 31, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

The Roseline return with a bagful of melodies and a righteous ire. Hailing from Lawrence, Kansas ‘Keystone of the Heart’ is The Roseline’s 8th album and as you’d expect from a band this far into their […]

Live Reviews

Live Review: Jason Isbell, Union Chapel, London – 28th January 2024

January 30, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 13

In town for a bit of promotion and to attend the AMAUK awards,  Jason Isbell arrived at The Union Chapel surfing a very high wave of admiration and affection from his British audience. The queue was […]

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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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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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The Hayes sisters – Cathryn, Angela and Jennifer – had an acoustic folk trio in their teenage years and they played on their local folk club circuit around Manchester. They eventually gave up on it but […]

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How business should be. Preparing and delivering a radio/Mixcloud show that operates under the banner of association with this esteemed website takes some organisation, thought and the occasional biting of tongue when faced with some of […]

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Changing focus from LA to Merseyside, Bennett Wilson Poole’s second album confirms their status as one of the best UK Americana acts around right now. From humble beginnings as a one off collaborative effort between three […]

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