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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 […]

Ar Lewi “Two Minds”

January 28, 2025 Jonathan Smith 0

Campfire musings and quiet words. A new name to the Americana UK universe, Ar Lewi describes kickstarting his musical journey by living out of the back of his car at state campgrounds, and inviting fellow campers […]

Hollow Hand announces new album for September and UK Tour

July 14, 2026 0

Hollow Hand, the project of Brighton’s Max Kinghorn-Mills, steps out of the bedroom on Wish Road South, recorded live as a trio after touring with MJ Lenderman and Caitlin Rose. The album comes out on the […]

Hudson NY duo Babehoven to release third album in the autumn

July 14, 2026 0

Babehoven, the Hudson, NY-based project of singer/songwriter Maya Bon and producer and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Albert, have announced their new album, I See Them, I See Me, due 18th September 2026 via Double Double Whammy. I See […]

Brennan Gilmore “My Name Is Daniel Leek”

July 14, 2026 0

Majestic debut from Virginia songwriter with a fascinating true backstory. When it comes to musical inspiration, a musician’s life is integral to what music he or she makes. For Brennan Gilmore, that inspiration comes from a […]

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

Trinelise Væring “A Songwriter’s Odyssey”

Max McNown “Night Diving”

Feature: “Folk City – The Greenwich Village Musical”

Ar Lewi “Two Minds”

Hollow Hand announces new album for September and UK Tour

Hudson NY duo Babehoven to release third album in the autumn

Brennan Gilmore “My Name Is Daniel Leek”

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