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Classic Clips: Nathaniel Rateliff And The Night Sweats “S.O.B.” on Later… With Jools Holland, 29th September 2015

May 5, 2023 GrahamBollands 0

‘Later…with Jools Holland‘, the first ever episode of which was screened on Thursday, 8th October 1992 at 11.55pm on BBC2, needs no introduction. During the most recent series, Series 61, it passed the landmark of running […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Harry Chapin songs

May 4, 2023 Alan Fitter 7

It’s now nearly 42 years since Harold Forster Chapin died in a horrific car crash on the Long Island Expressway when his tiny 1975 Volkswagen Rabbit collided with an enormous semi-trailer truck. Better known of course […]

The First Time: Jonathan Smith – The Pogues, Cornwall Coliseum, St Austell, 1990

May 4, 2023 Jonathan Smith 0

My love for music kicked in around 1978, and yet it was another 12 years before my first ‘big’ gig experience. This was mainly due to a combination of growing up in West Cornwall, and having […]

Classic Americana Albums: Greg Brown “Covenant”

May 3, 2023 Andrew Frolish 1

Back in the year 2000, prolific folk singer-songwriter Greg Brown released two excellent records: ‘Over and Under’ and, a few months later, ‘Covenant’. Over the years, Brown has released a huge amount of material and if […]

The Song Remains: Gordon Lightfoot (1938-2023)

May 3, 2023 Martin Johnson 8

His songs reflect his personal experiences and love of Canada, but his music travelled the world. Gordon Lightfoot died on Monday, 1st May, in a Toronto hospital of undisclosed causes, having worked actively until 2022. It […]