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Sounds from beyond the Shed 144: “If you go down to the woods….”

May 31, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

It’s festival time again! Hurrah, hooray. I’m afraid I’m a sucker for a small gathering somewhere rural where folks can come together and listen to good music and talk nonsense for hours on end whilst fuelled […]

Clint West’s Americana Plus: The pitfalls of having zero practical skills

May 28, 2024 Clint West 2

In my early twenties I shared a house with two other guys of a similar age. Both had graduated from university with good degrees and were very intelligent and likeable people. However, the idea of getting […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 143 “Grrrrrrr”

May 24, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

Every week I put together the playlist for the radio show it is a deliberate mix of brand new stuff (to demonstrate how of the moment I am), obscure stuff (to demonstrate how gnomic and out […]

Clint West’s Americana Plus: The 1970’s – Heaven or Hell?

May 20, 2024 Clint West 13

There was a time not so long ago where, on a fairly regular basis, the Tories would issue dire warnings that Labour would “take Britain back to the 1970s”. You don’t hear that so much now […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 142 – “Another one gone…”: Remembering Steve Albini

May 17, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 1

The news this week that Steve Albini had passed away at the tender age of 61 was both shocking and very sad and rightfully his work has been celebrated as a consequence. Radio has been full […]