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Live Review: Bob Dylan, Royal Albert Hall, London – 12th November 2024

November 22, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Well. The first of three nights of the “London Residency” portion of Bob Dylan’s latest UK tour – and as someone said “things have changed.” No photographs from the event – with bag checks and phones […]

Artwork for JP Harris album "JP Harris is a Trash Fire"

JP Harris “JP Harris is a Trash Fire”

November 21, 2024 Peter Thompson 2

Tremendous country record from handyman with a banjo, JP Harris. As backstories go, the JP Harris version is right up there. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, his family moved to Apple, California when he was seven years […]

Live Review: Mercury Rev + Nina Savary, The Junction, Cambridge, 8th November 2024

November 21, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Mercury Rev are out touring their excellent new album “Born Horses” which raises all sorts of questions – the new album has a refreshed musical palette to support the new songs delivered by Jonathan Donahue in […]

Book Review: David Browne “Talkin’ Greenwich Village”

November 20, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

David Browne is a journalist and author. He has written for Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, Spin and the New York Times among others. His books have largely focused on music telling the tales of Tim and […]

Alberta Cross “The Thief & The Heartbreaker (Re-Imagined)”

November 20, 2024 Tony Burke 1

2007 album of Americana-tinged demos originally issued on EP re-worked and re-imagined Alberta Cross were originally formed in London by singer and keyboard player Petter Ericson Stakee who hails from Upsala in Sweden and London bass […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Roger McGuinn “Car Phone”

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Roger McGuinn has been a musical staple for as long as I can claim to have been making my own choices about what I listen to, through the Byrds and various attempts to put together three-letter […]

Ed Snodderly “ES Pearl Presents Baggage Flies Free”

July 13, 2026 1

No fuss, just an album of beautifully crafted songs straight from the heart. Five decades into a career that has seen Ed Snodderly as a songwriter, performer, actor, and owner of the legendary Down Home club […]

Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0

Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]