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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 123

December 8, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0
Undiluted joy. As regular readers will know I present the weekly Sounds from beyond the Shed radio show which goes out live on www.crmk.co.uk on a Tuesday night and is then followed by a Mixcloud which […]
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View from Across La Manche #20 – from our own correspondent

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It’s so hard to say Au Revoir, so let’s just say Hors d’Oeuvre. Autumn arrived with something of a bang a few weeks back. On October 16th it was 28C and bright sunshine, on October 17th […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 122

December 1, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0
A slight regression. Last weekend I found myself on my own with only the dog for company for two days and nights. A rare occurrence and immediately I began making plans to visit people or have […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 121

November 24, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 1
Temper those expectations. I may have mentioned this before and if I have forgive me. Three weeks ago i went into hospital to have a a knee arthroscopy and bone debriding. Yep, I know it sounds […]
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Folk Roundup – Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening, Ryan Young, The Rosie Hood Band, Honey And The Bear, Miscellany Of Folk

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Here we are with the second edition of Americana UK’s latest roundup of albums that could happier be tagged as Folk than purely as Americana. This month the music is very solidly within the British folksong […]

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