Album Reviews
Eric Bibb “One Mississippi”
An album which opens your eyes and ears to what can be done within the blues idiom and just to its leftfield. Eric Bibb is not one of the number of young guitar-based hotshots that are […]
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Album Reviews
Keegan McInroe “Neon John”
Wry, bittersweet stories for the lovelorn, wrapped in a threadbare classic country Texan heart. Album release dates are usually arbitrary, utilitarian business decisions, devoid of any tangible meaning. But once in a great while, an artist […]
Book Reviews
Book Review: Jonathan Bernstein “What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome” The Authorised Biography of Justin Townes Earle
There is no happy ending to this book. There is scarcely a happy beginning; however, along the journey, Justin Townes Earle’s personality shines through. The effect he had on the people he met and worked with […]
Album Reviews
Sophie Gault “Unhinged”
Colourful and energetic country-rock done with verve. Unhinged is Sophie Gault’s third album after Delusions of Grandeur (2022) and 2024’s Baltic Street Hotel. The title comes from her own view of herself: “I’m unhinged and a […]
Album Reviews
Pert Near Sandstone “Side by Side”
The latest release by Minnesotan four-piece Pert Near Sandstone is brimming with vitality, but goes a little too easy on the words. The Minnesota veteran four-piece Pert Near Sandstone are back with yet another release: Side […]