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Billy Bragg: “music can make connections in these divisive times”

November 3, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

A really nice comment piece in the i newspaper today from Billy Bragg in which he talks about music having the power to heal the wounds of Brexit. He writes: “Although the Leave campaign was victorious […]

Jeremy Hunt: Jason Isbell is “a bit anodyne”

November 2, 2017 Mark Whitfield 1

Robert Peston has written a piece for today’s New Statesman in which both he and Jeremy Hunt manage to insult Jason Isbell in the space of one paragraph: The more worrying thing of course would have […]

Be Grateful – it’s November

November 2, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

And if that seems like an odd thing to say, what with the dark evenings, the deterioration in weather patterns and the general onset of the miserable part of winter then there’s something you’re forgetting. Feel […]

Handsome Family announce 2018 tour

November 1, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Everyone’s favourite spooky / weird / incredibly engaging / thoughtful lyrical producing / musical genius Americana band the Handsome Family have announced a series of UK dates for 2018. This will see them playing a set […]

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy announces new album, new video – Watch

October 31, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

And it’s as oddly esoteric as you might imagine from his highness, amazing cover too. “The Pitch” reports: “Bonnie “Prince” Billy, aka Will Oldham, has announced a new album that covers Susanna’s 2007 LP Sonata Mix Dwarf […]