A writer’s view of a favourite artist’s best and least favourite album
Bruce Springsteen is one of those rare artists where his whole body of work maintains such a creative arc that there are many albums within it which could be seen as essential. With five years having […]
Teenage Fanclub were formed in Glasgow in 1989 by guitarists Norman Blake and Raymond McGinley, drummer Francis Macdonald and bassist Gerard Love. Blake, McGinlay and Macdonald had all initially been in the same band, the Boy […]
It is difficult to underestimate the influence that Dave Edmunds has had as a guitar virtuoso, producer and recording artist on roots-based artists in the UK, Europe and America, and while he has had periods of […]
Neko Case has been on my mind a lot recently. Perhaps it’s the autumn and the mood swing of weather that prompts some thoughtful angst, but I’ve also noticed she is having a bit of a […]
When she played the Royal Albert Hall in 2015, Kacey Musgraves grew emotional when she realised her entire town of Golden, Texas, could fit into the room. She was promoting her second album “Pageant Material”, which […]
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