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[ July 17, 2026 ] Something for the weekend: Son Volt “If I Could” Videos
[ July 17, 2026 ] Bella White “A Sign In The Weather” Album Reviews
[ July 17, 2026 ] Jawdropped have a “Secret To Spare” and October dates News
[ July 17, 2026 ] Classic Clips: Anna Tivel “Rodeo Queens” – She’s Speaking Classic Clips
[ July 17, 2026 ] Paperback Riders: Dennis McNally “A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead” Book Reviews

Make Americana Great Again: “Americana” – the movie

June 4, 2026 Dean Nardi 0

Well, she was an American girl / Raised on promises / She couldn’t help thinkin’ that there / Was a little more to life ~ Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers There is a movie called “Americana,” […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 232 “Suprising”

June 1, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

Last week’s heatwave was the setting for an adventure. Regular readers will know that Mrs H and I venture out in a van every now and then, but the Bank Holiday was the first time that […]

Vox Continental: May 2026

May 28, 2026 Rick Bayles 0

This month we have new music, new voices and a new layout. Keeping it Continental! We start this month’s column with a new album from Swedish country singer, Joulin Younis. It’s unusual to hear such a […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 231 “Raging”

May 26, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

I think we all know that times are hard, in virtually all respects, but financially, things have been tough for a long while. Every time it looks like there might be some respite, along comes another […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 231 “Who Knows Where The Time Goes?”

May 19, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 2

Got back from hols last week and then fail to hit my deadline a week later. Unforgivable… but I do have an excuse. Flimsy one, I grant you, but an excuse nonetheless, and a glorious thing […]

Something for the weekend: Son Volt “If I Could”

July 17, 2026 1

Well that’s it from us for this week and we leave you dear reader with a new song from alt-country heroes/pioneers/stalwarts/choose your own noun Son Volt whose latest album Sound Signal Serenades was physically released on […]

Artwork for Bell White album "A sign in the weather"

Bella White “A Sign In The Weather”

July 17, 2026 0

A strong third album from the rootsy Canadian “Appalachian” artist from New Orleans showing raw emotion and a degree of post-breakup positivity. As you listen to each song on Bella White’s new studio album you feel […]

Jawdropped have a “Secret To Spare” and October dates

July 17, 2026 0

Jawdropped, a four-piece from Los Angeles, have announced their debut album, Secret To Spare, due 18th September via Transgressive Records / Canvasback. The band has also released the first single, Split Lip, along with a video […]

Interviews

Interview: What Taylor Bickett is shooting for

July 16, 2026 0

Nothing I Can’t Undo is such a deeply earnest, empathetic and personal album that captures exactly what a solo debut is supposed to be by introducing us, in full, to Taylor Bickett, a 20-something singer/songwriter from […]

Interviews

Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0

Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]

Interviews

Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 1

Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]

Album Reviews

Dana Cooper “I Can Face The Truth”

February 28, 2022 1

Clichéd and over-sentimental, middle-of-the-road country rock and pop – warning: contains a second-rate Hank Williams cover. Apparently, ‘I Can Face The Truth’ is the 28th album by Kansas City-born singer-songwriter, Dana Cooper. Talking about the record, […]

News

Jesper Lindell doubles down on on his US pilgrimage with a second album out in June

April 7, 2026 0

Hot on the heels of the recently released 3614 Jackson Highway, Swedish singer/songwriter Jesper Lindell has released his cover of Otis Clay’s Tryin’ to Live My Life Without You from his forthcoming album Royal, which is […]

Album Reviews

Joe Henry “The Gospel According to Water” (Ear Music, 2019)

December 3, 2019 0

In his 30 year plus career, Joe Henry has achieved a great deal. He has just released his 15th studio album ‘The Gospel According to Water’. He has produced artists ranging from Bonnie Raitt to Solomon Burke. […]