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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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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 99

June 7, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

Refreshed by a festival. Ready for the final push. So back to school with A levels and GCSE’s in full swing and the gallop towards the final furlong begins. Leavers events, mountains of reports, exam panics, […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 98

May 24, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

Always have a plan. I am forever telling my daughters and the students in school that if you have nothing else… have a plan. Be it simply how to get out of meeting someone you don’t […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 97

May 17, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 2

As Spring brings new shoots, so opportunities present themselves. If you’re new to this parish, I am retiring from full-time teaching in July and am looking to do lots of the things I really want to […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 95

May 10, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

Reflections and moving on So this week the Yr11s and Yr 13s have gone on study leave as the exams jostle for position in their inevitable social calendars. The whole leaver’s parties, hoodies and associated organised […]

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Henke Wermelin and His New Love “Spitting Distance”

May 4, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

Swedish Americana with a Gothic twist that only occasionally hits the mark. Opening with the suitably dark ‘Bring Me My Shotgun’ Wermelin throws the entire kitchen and then the sink at delivering a rumbling, Crampsy rocker […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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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On ‘The Change‘ Austin Coleman finds himself halfway between Jason Isbell and Fleetwood Mac (post Peter Green, prior to eviction of Lindsey Buckingham).  ‘The Change‘ has a dreamy countryesque feel, perfect summer listening as the heatwave […]

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Angela Perley “Turn Me Loose”

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Ohio native delivers another slice of country rock flavoured with a touch of psychedelia and catchy pop. Angela Perley hails from Columbus, Ohio, and first garnered attention whilst fronting her band the ‘Howlin’ Moons’ during the […]

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Jenny Don’t and the Spurs are flying high in the fan made video for ‘Flying High’.   The video features footage shot by fans at the bands recent run of shows.  ‘Flying High’, the lead off track […]

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