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Can’t Live With it, Can’t Live Without it: John Mellencamp

November 27, 2024 Peter Thompson 11

Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, John Cougar Mellencamp, John Mellencamp; the professional name has varied over the years, but whatever you call him, John Mellencamp (birth name) has had a long, varied and very successful career, reputedly […]

Classic Clips: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss “Rock and Roll” – Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Manchester, Tennessee 2022

November 22, 2024 Peter Thompson 0

Way back in 2007 Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, two singers from completely different musical backgrounds, found some common ground while evidently having lots of fun. The combination of the two voices which work so well […]

Artwork for JP Harris album "JP Harris is a Trash Fire"

JP Harris “JP Harris is a Trash Fire”

November 21, 2024 Peter Thompson 2

Tremendous country record from handyman with a banjo, JP Harris. As backstories go, the JP Harris version is right up there. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, his family moved to Apple, California when he was seven years […]

Artwork for Johnny Delaware album "Para Llevar"

Johnny Delaware “Para Llevar”

November 4, 2024 Peter Thompson 1

Johnny Delaware comes of age with this well-crafted, introspective third solo album, which has a definite Laurel Canyon vibe. John Kuiper, born and raised in South Dakota, goes by the professional name of Johnny Delaware; he […]

Artwork for Nathan Jacques album "Dark Wanderer and the Bounty Heart"

Nathan Jacques “Dark Wanderer and the Bounty Heart”

October 25, 2024 Peter Thompson 0

Western ‘movie soundtrack’ concept offering with tremendous songs but hamstrung somewhat by its concept nature. Alt-country troubadour Nathan Jacques’ sophomore full-length release “Dark Wanderer and the Bounty Heart” is described by its accompanying PR blurb as […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed 228 “Don’t Panic”

March 23, 2026 0

The last three weeks have been a struggle. The events in the Middle East have been horrific in their scale and scope. These are events of global significance, and if we didn’t know it then, we […]

Track Premiere: Bill Scorzari “Open Door”

March 23, 2026 0

It’s a pleasure to feature the latest single from gravel-voiced songwriter Bill Scorzari, who has his latest album, Sidereal Days (Day 2), ready to release on September 25th. Some ways off, but on today’s song, we […]

Video: Jay Buchanan “Sway” – always wanting to do it better

March 23, 2026 0

Be absorbed by this incredible performance from GRAMMY-nominated Rival Sons frontman Jay Buchanan. This intimate acoustic version of Buchanan’s solo song Sway draws all your attention to his fine voice. With incredible control, Buchanan demonstrates his […]

Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0

Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2

While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

Interviews

Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

March 4, 2026 2

At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

Videos

Video: Freedy Johnston “Darlin'”

November 28, 2022 0

Trigger warning: This music video deals with the death of a child. Aimee Mann picks up her pencil to illustrate Freedy Johnston’s new video for ‘Darlin’’. To make the song even sweeter, she adds backing vocals […]

Album Reviews

Seawind of Battery “Save The Waves: People For Public Media”

July 30, 2025 3

‘Experimental psychedelia with ambient americana’ to highlight the defunding of US public media. This compilation album may not be everyone’s idea of americana. Taken on its own, it might not have even made the review pages […]

News

Trials of Cato and Brìghde Chaimbeul are winners at Radio 2’s Folk Awards

October 17, 2019 0

The winners of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2019 were announced last night in a ceremony presented by Mark Radcliffe at Bridgewater Hall, Manchester as part of the Manchester Folk Festival, the whole thing being […]

Articles by Peter Thompson

Can’t Live With it, Can’t Live Without it: John Mellencamp

Classic Clips: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss “Rock and Roll” – Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Manchester, Tennessee 2022

JP Harris “JP Harris is a Trash Fire”

Johnny Delaware “Para Llevar”

Nathan Jacques “Dark Wanderer and the Bounty Heart”

Sounds from beyond the Shed 228 “Don’t Panic”

Track Premiere: Bill Scorzari “Open Door”

Video: Jay Buchanan “Sway” – always wanting to do it better

Something for the weekend: Brown Horse “Wreck”

Danny George Wilson “Arcade”