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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

M Ward “Supernatural Thing”

July 24, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

M Ward’s latest features many guests and many beautiful melodies. Opening with the Dylanesque ‘Lifeline‘, all acoustic guitar and subtle flourishes and a very rapid fade, M Ward sets out his stall. His voice is a […]

Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 105

July 21, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

Cycling is an idiot’s pastime. Ten years ago a dear friend of mine was diagnosed with terminal cancer and his dream had been to cycle (he was a lycra-wearing cycling nut) from London to Paris. It […]

Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 104

July 14, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 1

Last week arrives or is it the first week next week? The final twist of the school story has been a school trip to Paris. How lovely I hear you cry to be in close proximity […]

Features

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

July 13, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 48

As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 103

July 6, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 1

Insane amounts of sweets and knowing your stuff. The run-in towards the end of term begins as the exams finish but in some cases this means that for at least four weeks (or more) some year […]

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Sky Smeed “Live at Rock House”

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Love – is it all there is?

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Classic Clips: Tom Russell “The Last Time I Saw Hank” – Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City, 16th September 2017

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Book Review: Jay Nachman with Graham Parker and The Rumour “Graham Parker’s Howlin’ Wind”

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  • Sky Smeed “Live at Rock House”
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  • Classic Clips: Tom Russell “The Last Time I Saw Hank” – Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City, 16th September 2017
  • Book Review: Jay Nachman with Graham Parker and The Rumour “Graham Parker’s Howlin’ Wind”
  • Preview: Blues guitarist extraordinaire Samantha Fish heads to UK for dates
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  • Track Premiere: Eric Brandt “Size Of Diamonds”
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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

February 10, 2026 0

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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A reflective, maudlin, mixture of folk, analogue synth and old-school indie. ‘Blind Faith’ is Gemma Hayes’ first album in 10 years, following a hiatus to spend time with her two children. The cover shows a figure […]

Live Reviews

The Mavericks + The Strange Blue Dreams @Celtic Connections, The Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow, 4th February 2018

February 12, 2018 0

It’s the last night of Celtic Connections and the big guns are wheeled out for this packed show at The Old Fruitmarket. The doors opened one hour before the support band were due on and by […]

Videos

Jade Bird “Candidate”

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Jade Bird releases a live studio performance of ‘Candidate‘, another track from her most recent album, ‘Different Kinds of Light‘. Growing up in London and Bridgend in South Wales, Jade Bird’s 2019 eponymous debut album was […]

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