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Nichole Wagner “Plastic Flowers”

June 11, 2024 Lyndon Bolton 0

A study in self-awareness and vulnerability from folk to power pop. The gentle folk to power pop and rock all dusted with a sprinkling of Americana that runs through this record reflects Nichole Wagner’s career to […]

Eric Shroeder “Turned On The Stereo”

June 11, 2024 Michael Macy 0

An album to be grateful for from an exciting young singer-songwriter. ‘Turned On The Stereo’ is Eric Schroeder’s fourth album in four years and he is…22. And these are all albums of original songs. Schroeder is […]

Richard Thompson “Ship To Shore”

June 10, 2024 Paul Kerr 0

Never resting on his laurels, Richard Thompson remains as vital as ever. We reckon that a new album from Richard Thompson, surely regarded these days, by most, as one of the UK’s premier songwriters and performers […]

Otis Gibbs, live at The Chapel, The Angel Microbrewery, Nottingham. - 2nd June 2024

Live Review: Otis Gibbs, The Chapel, The Angel Microbrewery, Nottingham – 2nd June 2024

June 10, 2024 Graeme Tait 0

The Chapel sits above The Angel Brewery, a character pub set within a 17th century building that was originally two separate humble town houses. The earliest document showing that the site had become a drinking house […]

Dana Cooper “Ghost of Tucumcari”

June 10, 2024 Lyndon Bolton 0

Celebrating a half-century of songwriting. Mention Tucumcari in a musical context and the next two words very often will be “Lowell” and “George” such is the resonance of his ‘Willin’. If Dana Cooper does not present […]

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Cocodamol”

July 10, 2026 0

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”

July 10, 2026 0

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 […]