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Mo Klé “Three Chords and a Shaking Hand”

June 15, 2026 John Lee 0

An album of quiet humanity, modest wisdom and songs searching for connection. Across nine concise songs, Mo Klé, the performing title of artist René Grünenfelder, explores themes of division, uncertainty, parenthood, loneliness and self-acceptance. Three Chords […]

Susto Stringband “Susto Stringband (Volume 2)”

June 15, 2026 Tim Martin 0

Unpretentious acoustic country songs played for the fun of it. Starting with an acapella version of Ralph Stanley’s Gloryland leads you to expect something out of the ordinary. So, when Diamond’s Icaro turns out to be […]

artwork for Kris Drever album "Doing This For Love"

Kris Drever “Doing This For Love”

June 12, 2026 Chas Lacey 2

Meditations on the unglamorous, but with melodic hooks, from Scottish folk-award winner Anyone coming to this album for their first experience of Kris Drever may well be expecting something fairly traditional in light of his many […]

Cover art for Kiefer Sutherland album Grey

Kiefer Sutherland “Grey”

June 12, 2026 Peter Thompson 0

Kiefer Sutherland delivers the latest in a sequence of high-quality album releases. Everyone knows Kiefer Sutherland, right? He’s that big-name actor, a member of Hollywood royalty and part of the Brat Pack in the 1980s; he […]

Ben Chapman “Feet On Fire”

June 11, 2026 Jeremy Clarke-Williams 0

Country rock and soul combine to fine effect on Ben Chapman’s latest release. In 2019, David Hepworth published the latest in his excellent sequence of books about rock music, and the stars and rascals who purveyed, […]

Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0

“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]

The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome to the Family”

July 28, 2026 0

The new release by The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio arrives with lively words of welcome. After three solo releases of his own, in 2019 Mike Jacoby teamed up with Don Read and Mike Levin to form […]

More People Really Should Know About: Hayden

July 28, 2026 0

When we say more people should know about Hayden, I’m not talking about the beloved 18th-century composer and founder of Viennese Classicism, but about Paul Hayden Desser, the Canadian singer-songwriter who has been quietly ploughing his […]