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Paperback Riders: Suzy Shaw and Mick Farren “Bomp! Saving the World One Record at a Time”

November 10, 2025 Tim Martin 0

This is a beautiful, coffee-table-sized book which is a time capsule, bottling a crucial period in rock ‘n’ roll history. Its format is its strength: a compilation of reprints, facsimiles, and archival material from Greg Shaw’s […]

Robin Adams “The Beggar”

November 10, 2025 Andrew Raw 0

Lo-fi folk reflecting dark times for the writer. “The Beggar” had its genesis as a collection of “quite rough and raw” demo recordings, released in 2018 on Bandcamp. Robin Adams then saw how the songs evolved […]

Horsebath band at the end of their set at the Take Root festival on the Foyer stage

Live Review: Take Root Festival 2025, De Oosterpoort Groningen – 1st November 2025

November 10, 2025 NickBarber 1

Long a mainstay of the European americana festival scene, once again, Take Root Festival took over the six stages of the De Oosterpoort complex in Groningen, the Netherlands. The building itself is a multi-room/multi-space cultural centre […]

Live Review: Frazey Ford + Phantom, La Maroquinerie, Paris – 30th October 2025

November 7, 2025 Brian Hancill 0

If I ever begin to doubt that great live music can lift my mood and make the world seem a better place, I will think back to this marvellous show. It was the perfect illustration. During […]

Lonesome Ace Stringband “Big Wing”

November 7, 2025 Andy Short 0

Bluegrass, old-time music coming out of the shadows. The Lonesome Ace Stringband are John Showman and Chris Coole, and “Big Wing” is a fabulous journey into the world of bluegrass. This new collection includes six original […]

A. Lee Edwards “Interpreting Heart Sounds, Vol. 2”

September 7, 2026 0

A. Lee Edwards slows it all down and goes a layer deeper in his second interpretation of the sounds of his heart, with beautiful strings complementing the spacious production and bringing listeners to their knees through […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 251 “Life….”

September 7, 2026 0

Been a tough couple of weeks as we buried our father last week and adjusted to life without him (and crippling care costs!). My mother is handling things well, stating that she “lost him years ago,” […]

Icarus Phoenix “The Oligarchy” – prepare for a shock

September 7, 2026 0

The latest song from Icarus Phoenix touches softly on the endless cycles of change – whether that be in the realm of the personal or on the larger canvas of political changes and upheavals. When contrasting […]