Album Reviews
Sam Lewis “Everything’s Fine”
A gentle soul-searching album that will appeal to fans of John Prine and James Taylor. There are several artists, it seems, who go by the name of Sam Lewis. So, just to be clear, this release, […]
Articles by NickBarber
Album Reviews
Bill Callahan “My Days of 58”
A personal and musically quirky set of musical and lyrical explorations fashioned out of chaos and structure. For his first studio album in four years, Bill Callahan has returned with an experimental yet structured collection of […]
Album Reviews
ER Jurken “To Be Continued”
Lavish harmonies and arrangements abound in an album of intelligent baroque power-pop. Milwaukee-born, Chicago-lived musician E.R. Jurken is a name that probably isn’t on the radar of many on the European side of the Atlantic – […]
Live Reviews
Live Review: John R. Miller + Jacob Coley, The Lodge @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester – 20th January 2026
The Lodge at the Deaf Institute is the smaller of two rooms at Manchester’s long-established venue. In the not-too-recent past, it was a café and a bar – the likes of Jonathan Richman and Hayes Carll […]
Album Reviews
Night Flight “Exit Stage Left”
An Elliott Smith-inspired, soulful, and introspective chillout set of songs. Not to be confused with a similarly named Swedish rock band, London’s Night Flight are now on their third album – and again, there’s no connection […]