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Jarrod Dickenson announces new EP and UK tour dates

January 17, 2019 Mark Underwood 0
Honey-voiced crooner, Jarrod Dickenson, will bring his own brand of Americana to the UK and Ireland later this month. Dickenson has toured assiduously throughout Europe and the UK in recent years, including festival appearances at Glastonbury, […]
Previews

Imperious sounding Portland quintet bring new album to the UK

January 15, 2019 Mark Underwood 0
The Delines head out on the road at the end of this month to promote latest release ‘The Imperial.’  Fans of the group will no doubt be excited at the prospect of seeing them since their last […]
Previews

Joana Serrat joins forces with Israel Nash for UK dates

January 11, 2019 Mark Underwood 0
Fresh from their collaboration on Joanna Serrat’s excellent latest album, ‘Dripping Springs,’ the Spanish and American duo join up again for some forthcoming UK dates.
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Cam Penner and Jon Wood “At War With Reason” (Independent, 2018)

December 13, 2018 Mark Underwood 0
You know an album’s made an instant impression when your first response on reaching the end of the last song is to immediately give the record a second airing, as well as committing to take the […]
Live Reviews

Israel Nash + Treetop Flyers + Brent Cowles, Scala, London, 22nd November 2018

November 29, 2018 Mark Underwood 3
Israel Nash proved tonight that not only can he rock out with the best of them, but his big musical sound also draws from the desert folklore of that part of Dripping Springs in Texas where […]

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Anniversary Cheers: The Handsome Family “Singing Bones”

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The Proclaimers

Preview: Gate To Southwell Festival 2026 in July features The Proclaimers and Richard Thompson

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Live Review: Cowboy Junkies, London Palladium, London – 11th May 2026

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Cover Art for Various Artists Album "Let's Go Dancing: Stopped a Freight Train with a Grain of Sand

Various Artists “Let’s Go Dancing: Stopped a Freight Train with a Grain of Sand”

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Sounds from beyond the Shed 231 “Raging”

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Anniversary Cheers

Anniversary Cheers: The Handsome Family “Singing Bones”

May 26, 2026 0
An addition to our Anniversary Cheers occasional Feature: this is The Handsome Family with a re-release, with additional outtakes and live recordings, of the excellent Singing Bones. The Handsome Family are Brett and Rennie Sparks, a […]
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Preview: Gate To Southwell Festival 2026 in July features The Proclaimers and Richard Thompson

May 26, 2026 0
With only a few weeks to go until the 19th Gate To Southwell Festival, fans are looking forward to this four-day event in rural Nottinghamshire which runs from 2nd-5th July. The festival features more than 60 […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Cowboy Junkies, London Palladium, London – 11th May 2026

May 26, 2026 0
The Timmins family (and a close friend) band has reached the milestone of forty years as a band and forty years since their debut album, Whites Off Earth Now!!, and for their current tour, they have […]

  • Anniversary Cheers: The Handsome Family “Singing Bones”
  • Preview: Gate To Southwell Festival 2026 in July features The Proclaimers and Richard Thompson
  • Live Review: Cowboy Junkies, London Palladium, London – 11th May 2026
  • Various Artists “Let’s Go Dancing: Stopped a Freight Train with a Grain of Sand”
  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 231 “Raging”
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Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

May 20, 2026 0
There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

May 19, 2026 2
Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]
Interviews

Interview: John Oates can’t stop the music and is still making his dreams come true

May 18, 2026 1
At 77 years young, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame vocalist is as active as ever, having released two albums: 2024’s stripped-down, acoustic Reunion and 2025’s groovy Oates, in the past two years, while regularly […]

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Teddy Thompson returns with both album and tour vowing to “Never Be The Same”

March 18, 2026 0
London-born, Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Teddy Thompson returns to the fray with Never Be The Same, due out May 15th via RPF Records/Royal Potato Family. This is his first collection of original material since 2020, and he does […]
Videos

Video: The Swell Season “Great Weight”

July 10, 2025 0
In the video for recent single ‘Great Weight’ from The Swell Season, we are privileged to see fine musicians collaborate and perform. At the heart of The Swell Season is the acclaimed duo of Glen Hansard […]
Tracks

Nick Lowe “Trombone” – blow that brass

August 22, 2024 0
Continuing our theme of big names, here’s a Nick Lowe’s live favourite ‘Trombone‘, recorded here with Los Straitjackets, which is taken from the upcoming album ‘Indoor Safari‘ which is his first studio release since 2019.  The […]

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