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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 34

November 4, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 0

Back with a bang and a small prick Half term done and despite the sense of melancholy mentioned last week and possibly some SAD caused by the clocks going back, it’s good to be back although […]

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Shuffle: Obscurity Knocks!

October 29, 2021 David Cowling 1

My last column covered the creation of a playlist culled from the mass of tracks on my iPod. I painstakingly worked through the 33,000+ tracks, and in doing so there were many explosions in my synapses, […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 33

October 28, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 0

Living in a different home. One of the positives about working where I work is the wonderful concept of a two-week half term in winter. Of course, they get the week back later in the year […]

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Classic Clips : Nils Lofgren with Grin

October 22, 2021 Paul Kerr 1

No apologies here for going back to the dark old days of 1973, another world really when it was still legal to discriminate against half of the UK population on the grounds that they were women. […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed – week 32

October 21, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 0

Hope not hate – seemed a good idea at the time and still is! I am now on half term so this will be a short one. It’s not often that news events crash into my […]

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  • Interview: Brian Dunne asks is it so bad to want a good life?
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  • Brooke Law announces 2026 Spring Tour dates
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Interview: Brian Dunne asks is it so bad to want a good life?

December 9, 2025 0

While patiently waiting for Brian Dunne to get his due from those who listen to and hopefully buy physical media, it is worthwhile to linger in the brilliance of his fourth album, “Clams Casino” (Missing Piece, […]

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Interview: David Grisman on the groundbreaking Garcia/Grisman album and more

December 8, 2025 2

The “Garcia/Grisman” album was recorded in 1991, and chances are you never heard these two master musicians sound as good as they did on this record. Jerry Garcia’s tasteful picking on this album is inspired and […]

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Interview: Dan Bern has still got his fastball, and a change-up

December 2, 2025 1

In the smart and lively songs of Dan Bern, nuances are at work like honeybees in a hive. A busy swarm of subtleties generates a nucleus of narrative honeycomb that has more layers than an archaeologist’s […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

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As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

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Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

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Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

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The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

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I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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