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Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real “Naked Garden” (Fantasy Records, 2020)

May 6, 2020 Martin Johnson 0

Last June’s ‘Turn Off The News (Build A Garden)’ was Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real’s eighth and most successful album – it was also their best to date. ‘Naked Garden’ is an album of […]

Eileen Rose “Muscle Shoals” (Holy Wreckords, 2020)

May 6, 2020 Steven Howlett 0

Last year was a busy one for Eileen Rose. As well as writing two novels she recorded two albums; well, one double one really. Recording at the famous Muscle Shoals Sounds studio in Alabama spurred Rose […]

Shelby Lynne “Shelby Lynne” (Everso Records, 2020)

May 5, 2020 Rick Bayles 1

With an indecent sense of timing, given that we’ve only recently featured her in “Forgotten Artists”, Shelby Lynne is back with a new solo album, her first in five years. The first thing that strikes you […]

Jarrod Dickenson “Ready the Horses” (Hooked Records, 2020)

May 5, 2020 Gordon Sharpe 0

Looking forward, out of interest rather than any prior knowledge, to seeing Jarrod Dickenson locally, there was a particular disappointment when all events were suspended. If and when he comes back I am sure to be […]

Clem Snide “Forever Just Beyond” (Ramseur Records, 2020)

May 5, 2020 Clint West 4

Clem Snide was a character created by William S Burroughs and adopted by Eef Barzelay as the name of the band that he created in 1991. Burroughs’s writing was often informed by personal tragedy. These included […]

Preview: James Taylor returns to the UK

July 15, 2026 3

Correction: The original version of this story described James Taylor as arriving in the UK next week, when as one of our readers has pointed out in the comments, he’s already played Scotland and is in […]

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