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Steve Forbert “Early Morning Rain” (Blue Rose Music, 2020)

May 22, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

In more than forty years of recording Steve Forbert has released a phenomenal number of truly fine albums, appearing at first with a brash new take on folk-rock on ‘Alive on Arrival‘ and ‘Jackrabbit Slim‘, and […]

John Baumann “Country Shade” (The Next Waltz, 2020)

May 21, 2020 Sean Hannam 1

On his third album, ‘Country Shade’, Texas-based singer-songwriter John Baumann spends a lot of time pondering change – whether that’s the changing state of rural America, or changes in relationships and circumstances, but, after hearing the […]

Steve Earle & The Dukes “Ghosts Of West Virginia” (New West Records, 2020)

May 21, 2020 Paul Kerr 0

There’s nothing like a cause to get Steve Earle all fired up so when he was approached to write a set of songs for a theatre production about 29 miners killed in a coal dust explosion […]

Tenci “My Heart Is An Open Field” (Keeled Scales, 2020)

May 20, 2020 Martin Johnson 0

Tenci is really bedroom folk artist Jess Shoman backed by more famous musicians from the Chicago music scene and their debut album is released on Austin label Keeled Scales. Jess Shoman spent nearly ten years writing […]

Ron Sexsmith “Hermitage” (Cooking Vinyl, 2020)

May 20, 2020 Rick Bayles 0

Songsmith Sexsmith arrives with his sixteenth album and it’s a notable departure from much of his earlier work. The Canadian singer/songwriter sounds positively chipper. In the wake of a move from his habitual home city of […]

Preview: James Taylor returns to the UK next week

July 15, 2026 3

One of the most influential singer-songwriters of the modern era, James Taylor returns to the UK this month for his first London performance in three years when he takes to the stage at The O2 Arena […]

Whiskey Treaty Roadshow “Kept Rising”

July 15, 2026 0

Whiskey Treaty Roadshow proves that Democracy is strongest when it is diverse. It’s hard to pin down Whiskey Treaty Roadshow. They are all over the map, stylistically, and as a collective. Over the course of more […]

Live Review: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, British Airways ARC, London – 8th July 2026