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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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Mary Scholz “Begin Again”

August 10, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0

If this is the beginning again, it’s a very good place to start. Philadelphia native Scholz has a big voice and the production that Jonathan Wilson brings to the album wraps that voice in some stunning […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 63

July 12, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 2

Alice Cooper is singing in my head. As the unwinding begins and the end of term becomes a matter of days not weeks the school enjoys an orgy of expeditions and trips that constitutes an activity […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 62

July 5, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0

Looking forward to reading for pleasure and stilling the whirling head. One of the delights of the much criticised but definitely needed summer holidays enjoyed by those in the teaching profession (and in doing this we […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 61

June 28, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0

Not wanting sound like Cassandra… The madness that is the end of a term is magnified in the summer threefold and this year as we throw off the shackles of the pandemic everything appears to be […]

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Wes Collins “Jabberwockies”

June 24, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0

No knights or Pythonesque nonsense here as Collins delivers a sweetly sad third. The North Carolinan’s gorgeous third album is a simple feast of quality songwriting, along with some great musicianship and lovely performances. Opening with […]

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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 […]

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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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