Russell Murphy

Dar Williams “I’ll Meet You Here”

October 7, 2021 Russell Murphy 0

Six years was certainly worth the wait. Six years seems rather a long time between studio albums, particularly if you are as talented as someone as Dar Williams; The New Yorker has described Williams as “one […]

Tim Grimm “Gone”

September 9, 2021 Russell Murphy 0

A master songwriter augments his status. During the past 25 years or so, Tim Grimm has built a reputation as a troubadour for our times, continually touring and performing – even with a little acting on […]

Tim Easton “You Don’t Really Know Me”

August 26, 2021 Russell Murphy 0

Timeout for a lifestyle change. It may seem odd to say, but for some folks the pandemic, with all its restrictions and limitations, may have come along at a good time. A chance to slow down, […]

Sturt Avenue “How Do You Think It Should Be?”

August 13, 2021 Russell Murphy 0

Folk for friends and family. Hailing from Adelaide, South Australia, Sturt Avenue is the musical project of singer/song writer Bryn Soden and this, the band’s debut album, is a true communal affair. The band’s name is […]

Runnner “Always Repeating”

July 22, 2021 Russell Murphy 0

A melancholy record for a melancholy time. As we can all attest, the past 18 months or so have been a pretty tough time for many, with our physical, mental and financial health severely impacted, and […]

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Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

March 23, 2026 0

Dead Goat has announced the release of their first album, which is self-titled and comes out this Friday (26th March) via AV8 Records. Who are they, you ask? Well, individually, they are each accomplished artists in […]

Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

March 23, 2026 0

Superb fourth from Canadian song thrush. Mud Blood Bone is Cat Clyde’s fourth album and arrives just over four years since its predecessor, Down Rounder. In between times, Clyde released a live album, Live At Rare […]

For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

March 23, 2026 0

Marah is at their best when singing about lonely urban streets where bums warm their hands around trash fires in rusty 50-gallon cans, transvestite prostitutes wrap their feather boas a little tighter against an unforgiving 4:00 […]

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 […]

News

Willie Nelson to publish “Letters to America”

March 3, 2021 0

The publisher Harper Horizon has announced a new book from country legend Willie Nelson – ‘Letters to America’ is written by the man himself with his friend Turk Pipkin, and lands on June 29th. The release […]

Videos

Video Premiere: Molly Maher “Run Run Run”

May 15, 2020 0

Here is the video premiere of ‘Run Run Run’, the latest single from Molly Maher. It’s from Maher’s new album, ‘Follow’, her first for many years. Having taken her time, Maher has written a set of […]

Album Reviews

Eliza Gilkyson “2020” (Compass Records, 2020)

March 30, 2020 0

Just to get this out there, this album is scarily prophetic. Quite how two-time GRAMMY™-nominated singer Eliza Gilkyson knew to write this and call it simply ‘2020‘ is beyond me. The first listen to it was […]

Articles by Russell Murphy

Dar Williams “I’ll Meet You Here”

Tim Grimm “Gone”

Tim Easton “You Don’t Really Know Me”

Sturt Avenue “How Do You Think It Should Be?”

Runnner “Always Repeating”

Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

Elgin and the Marbles “The Sun Never Sets”

Jack Studer “Falling Forward”