Album Reviews
Matt Ward “The Long Way Home”
New release puts country vibe into Australian Americana and heart into the ‘down under’ heartland. Matt Ward’s ‘The Long Way Home’ is his third album and to riff on that old adage, the third time is […]
Reviews
Album Reviews
Kevin Gordon “The In Between”
“Just a dude pushing through to the end of the in-between”. A sexagenarian dude no less, nobody can argue that Kevin Gordon is anything but tenacious. For the best part of thirty years Gordon has put […]
Live Reviews
Live Review: The Long Ryders+ Morton Valence, The Fleece, Bristol – 15th October 2024
The first thing Sid Griffin told the audience as the Long Ryders took to the stage was: “We love The Fleece; we’ve played here four maybe five times and it’s always a great night.” With the […]
Album Reviews
Jett Holden “The Phoenix”
First release on Black Opry Records resurrects Holden’s ‘Southern Gothic country’ The title of Jett Holden’s debut album is ‘The Phoenix’, a strikingly appropriate metaphor for the place at which he currently finds himself in his […]
Album Reviews
Kasey Anderson “To the Places We Lived”
It is said that a sequel rarely stands up to the original. Kasey Anderson shoots holes in that theory. Listening to Kasey Anderson for the first time, informed that this record will be the last of […]