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Bonnie “Prince” Billy “The Purple Bird”

January 29, 2025 Paul Kerr 0

Will Oldham goes all Nashville on us but maintains his outsider status with style. We’ve precious few mavericks left alive these days but Will Oldham certainly fits the bill with his lengthy and much varied discography […]

Live Review: Lyle Lovett and his Acoustic Group, Cadogan Hall, London, 25th January 2025

January 29, 2025 Brian Hancill 2

This wasn’t billed as a music-and-storytelling show, but that’s what it was, and it was all the better for it. With a running time of almost two and a half hours and a set list of […]

Trinelise Væring “A Songwriter’s Odyssey”

January 29, 2025 Lyndon Bolton 0

From songwriting comes inner strength. Danish singer-songwriter Trinelise Væring was no exception to the creative doubts brought about by lockdown. During those lonely times she too looked inward but as this aptly titled release demonstrates she […]

Album art for Night Diving by Max McNown

Max McNown “Night Diving”

January 28, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Max McNown’s second album builds strongly on foundations of debut. Max McNown is a singer-songwriter, originally from the Pacific Northwest but now based in Nashville after spending the early part of his career in Southern California. […]

Feature: “Folk City – The Greenwich Village Musical”

January 28, 2025 Liz Thomson 0

With Greenwich Village firmly in the limelight, thanks to the new Dylan biopic, Liz Thomson casts an eye on an original Broadway production, “The Greenwich Village Musical” which played until Covid shut it down. It’s now […]