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View from Across La Manche #16 – From Our Own Correspondent

July 28, 2023 Rick Bayles 0

Please don’t let me be misunderstood. This time around I find myself thinking about inclusivity and its importance in any society. As an immigrant, you inevitably wonder just how well you fit into your adopted society. […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 106

July 28, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

Dreams of school recede as the hols take hold. Despite not returning to school in September my holidays have started in the usual fashion. Heading to foreign parts in the van, sleeping a lot, drinking a […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 105

July 21, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

Cycling is an idiot’s pastime. Ten years ago a dear friend of mine was diagnosed with terminal cancer and his dream had been to cycle (he was a lycra-wearing cycling nut) from London to Paris. It […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 104

July 14, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 1

Last week arrives or is it the first week next week? The final twist of the school story has been a school trip to Paris. How lovely I hear you cry to be in close proximity […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 102

June 30, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 3

A dawning realisation. Three weeks of school left and a school trip to Paris involving 81 kids and a 01.00 start time for the coach! That horror aside, the slow inevitable march to my final lessons […]

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Artwork for Fayen album Something To Look Back On

Fayen “Something To Look Back On”

April 21, 2026 0

Norwegian duo delivers a nordicana record filled with beautiful songs, expertly performed and arranged. Fayen is a Norwegian duo based in Trondheim, situated in central Norway, on the south shore of the third-largest of Norway’s fjords, Trondheimsfjorden […]

For the Sake of the Song: Steve Young “Rock, Salt & Nails”

April 21, 2026 0

Before embarking on this feature, to avoid duplication, I conducted a search on ‘Steve Young’, on the AUK website and was surprised to find there are precious few recent pieces devoted to someone who was surely […]

Chip Taylor “Words From Holy Gardens”

April 21, 2026 0

Poignancy heaped upon poignancy on Taylor’s final recordings Words From Holy Gardens was already a very emotionally wrought record, featuring as it does Chip Taylor’s home recordings of his responses to aging and in particular to […]

View from Across La Manche #16 – From Our Own Correspondent

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 106

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 105

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 104

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 102

Fayen “Something To Look Back On”

For the Sake of the Song: Steve Young “Rock, Salt & Nails”

Chip Taylor “Words From Holy Gardens”

Jesse Malin “Hollywood Forever” – tribute to a friend

Video Premiere: The Rosie Daze Band “Will Rise” – music for the ages