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Peter Bruntnell “Houdini and The Sucker Punch”

October 17, 2024 Paul Kerr 4

Peter Bruntnell returns to the fray with an album which ranks amongst his best. Peter Bruntnell’s latest album finds him returning to a full band lineup after his foray into a more introspective landscape on “Journey […]

Live Review: Karen Jonas, Newbald Village Hall, North Newbald, Yorkshire, 6th October 2024

October 17, 2024 Graeme Tait 0

With the ongoing roadworks on the A63, I chose to take the scenic route to this evening’s venue, taking in the beautiful undulating landscape of East Yorkshire, with dusk’s fading embers spreading a pale light as […]

Eric Bibb “In The Real World”

October 17, 2024 Tim Martin 0

A legendary figure of the blues, not content to rest on his reputation, but still exploring and growing. Peter Gabriel’s Real-World Studios in rural Wiltshire is one of those recording spaces that almost seems to have […]

Benjamin Tod “Shooting Star”

October 17, 2024 Rick Thorn 0

Authentically country from someone who’s paid his dues. Benjamin Tod is the founder and vocalist of Lost Dog Street Band who he has decided to step away from for the moment and release a solo album […]

Chris While & Julie Matthews live at The Nettleham Village Hall, Nettleham, Lincoln - 4th October 2024

Live Review: Chris While and Julie Matthews, The Nettleham Village Hall, Nettleham Lincoln – 4th October 2024

October 16, 2024 Graeme Tait 2

Andy Watkins has been promoting folk music in and around Lincoln for close on fifty years and in recent times has found the perfect venue in the Nettleham Village Hall where, along with the support of […]

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Cocodamol”

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Well that’s it from us for this week. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place across 2 stages in Liverpool at the end of November and features Chuck Prophet and […]

Book review: Willy Vlautin “The Left and the Lucky”

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Willy Vlautin is well known as the chief songwriter of Richmond Fontaine and The Delines, trading in beautifully written vignettes of the people who have generally fallen between the cracks of the American dream. These dark […]

Emmylou Harris, Mumford and Sons and Jerry Douglas

Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons & Emmylou Harris ft. Jerry Douglas “The Road” – CMT Crossroads, The Factory, Franklin, Tennessee, 20th September 2012

July 10, 2026 0

The evening before San Francisco’s 2025 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival the Masonic Auditorium hosted a tribute concert to Emmylou Harris, the only artist to have graced the festival stages for each of its 25 years. During […]